About the Author
Adam Elder is an award-winning journalist and editor in San Diego whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Esquire, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Newyorker.com, VICE, Air Mail, MEL Magazine, and elsewhere.
Other writing:
There's Nothing More American Than Watching Soccer in Spanish, New York Magazine
Has the U.S. Become a Soccer Nation?, The New Yorker
No Hot Dogs in the Clubhouse? What Would Babe Ruth Say?, The New York Times
The (No Longer) Secret World of Surf Spots, The New York Times
Tossed From the Ark, WIRED magazine
Legislate Against the Machine, Esquire magazine
Natalie Portman Wanted to Shift Football Culture. So She Founded Angel City FC, The Guardian
Beyond the Infinite—and Back, Air Mail
A New Radical Maneuver for Skateboarders: Going to Physical Therapy, The New York Times
Landon Donovan’s Eccentric Career: ‘I Try Not to Just Accept Everything Society Says,’ The Guardian
Seeking Safety in Big Waves, The New Yorker
‘Hilarious Guys With Day Jobs’: The British Team That Makes Soccer Fun Again, The New York Times
The World’s Greenest Sports Team Is a Century-Old Football Club in a Tiny English Town, The New Yorker