Wright Thompson - ESPN's only decent excuse to exist

Bergs

funky and cold
SoSH Member
Jul 22, 2005
21,613
I was going to shoehorn this great piece somewhere in BbtL, but figured there must be a Wright Thomspon thread in the Media Forum. Turns out there wasn't, so there is now. I have enjoyed this guys work for years.

He is definitely inspired by the late great Hunter S. Thompson (no relation so far as I know), wielding a sharp wit and a truly Southern (in the best possible way) style of elegant storytelling. He is an absolute master of the closing graf. I'm a fan.

Here's another couple of his pieces I really enjoyed:

Best Tiger Woods piece ever (I know it's been linked in the golf forum before, but whatever):

Best Theo Epstein piece ever (Again, I know it's been linked here before)

Unforgettable piece on the death of a college hoops coach
 

InstaFace

The Ultimate One
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Sep 27, 2016
21,766
Pittsburgh, PA
Thompson's really got an obsession about writing about obsession, doesn't he? But man, he does that theme as well as Posnanski does childlike joy and wonder.