Longform

  • Podcast
  • Best Of
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
  • Archive

    • Sections
    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • Random Article
  • Contact

    • podcast@longform.org

Writers

Eric Nusbaum

Sports

How Beto Calavera Got His Name

The families Dodger Stadium removed.

Eric Nusbaum Vice Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Sports

The House That Built Cam

To understand Cam Newton, you need to go to a small church 45 minutes outside of Atlanta called Holy Zion Center of Deliverance and hear his dad preach.

Eric Nusbaum Vice Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Sports Religion

Addict, Priest, Luchador

The unbelievable life of Fray Tormenta.

Eric Nusbaum Vice Jan 2015 20min Permalink

Sports

The Immigrant Sport

A trip to the U.S. Open of ping-pong.

Eric Nusbaum Deadspin Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Sex Sports World

Beso de los Exoticos

On lucha libre’s exóticos, “wrestlers who dress in drag and kiss their rivals, never quite revealing whether the joke is on their opponents, themselves or conservative Mexican society at large.”

Eric Nusbaum ESPN Sep 2013 10min Permalink

Sports

The Unknown Slugger

The story of Héctor Espino, the greatest hitter never to play in the majors.

Eric Nusbaum SB Nation May 2013 25min Permalink

Crime Sports World

The Death of a Pitcher

The story of a young man killed in Juarez.

Eric Nusbaum Pitchers and Poets Mar 2009 Permalink