Opinion: I have recurring memory lapses. Is it dementia?
How could I write a 300-page book but not remember that I had, seconds earlier, taken the half-and-half out for my coffee?
From The Los Angeles Times Opinion page
Caitlin Clark Just Won an Award Named for a Man Who Wouldn’t Have Let Her Play
The James E. Sullivan Award, given by the Amateur Athletics Union, is named for an American Olympic official who sought to prevent women from competing in the early 20th century.
Shogun TV Series Missed the Mark With Dramatic Swimming Scene
Guest editorial for Swimming World Magazine
The Last River
The Tragic Race for Shangri-la
The Darkest Jungle
The true story of the Darien Expedition and America’s ill-fated race to connect the seas
It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love With Swimming
At first, being in water made me feel defeated. Now it’s transformed me. From the New York Times Opinion page, April 15, 2021.
When Words, and a Life, Truly Leap Off the Page
from the L.A. Times, July 4, 2021
The Last Trip
The incredible life and tragic death of Ned Gilette. From Men’s Journal, November 1998
Major
A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
Complications
The diagnosis was bad. The aftermath was calamitous. My new life as a medical train wreck.