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Chris Ballard

Chris Ballard
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Chris Ballard

Chris Ballard is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated covering the NBA and writing features. He has written profiles of people with offbeat professions for the New York Times Magazine and is the author of Hoops Nation, which was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten Sports Books of 1998, and The Butterfly Hunter. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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School board declines book donations
Vaughan Citizen, November 24, 2011
...Donation denied. Aurora Councillor Chris Ballard (left) and Queen’s York Rangers regimental council chairperson Lt.-Col. Kirk Corkery hold copies of the Queen’s York Rangers’ history book. York Catholic District School Board declined...
A Real Beatle, A Noble Colt And A Fake Tiger
Sports Crackle Pop, July 16, 2011
...changed. Countdown to Tragedy by Brad Wieners WIENERS! HAHAHAHA. I didn’t read this article. POINT AFTER by Chris Ballard Ballard’s such a good writer. The topic of this column is nothing Earth shattering, but he delivered it artfully and with...
Whatpocalypse now?
Language Log, June 21, 2011
...Today's Tank McNamara: There's quite a bit of precedent for sportspocalypse — for example, Chris Ballard, " Sportspocalypse Now ", Sports Illustrated 11/10/2008: AS YOU may know, the Oklahoma City Thunder held its first-ever home opener last week,...