Derek Neal

Sportswriting

How to Read about Sports — The Republic of Letters, February 2026
A sportswriting manifesto
EMERGENCY 'STACK: CANADA v USA FOR GOLD — Derek Neal's Newsletter, February 2026
On Olympic Ice Hockey
Notes from the Presidential Debate — Derek Neal's Newsletter, July 2024
On golf
A Bunch of Strangers Trying to Put a Ball in a Hole, or Pickup Basketball — 3 Quarks Daily, August 2023
On pickup basketball
I’m Him! — 3 Quarks Daily, May 2023
On the NBA Playoffs
A Sense of Where You Are: Lionel Messi at the World Cup — 3 Quarks Daily, January 2023
On Lionel Messi
The End of an Era: On Roger Federer’s Retirement — 3 Quarks Daily, November 2022
On Roger Federer