Scott Raab

Writing

by Scott Raab December 28, 2011

I get asked for advice by young writers and never know what to offer beyond a few things that sound absurdly simple. I don’t want to be discouraging. I don’t want to be overly encouraging, either. Print may or may not be dying, but writing isn’t. People still want to become writers, hope to make [...]

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“As much as I hate that, Brad…”

by Scott Raab December 23, 2011

That’s what the ‘analyst’ just said after a penalty flag was thrown for unnecessary roughness following a helmet-to-helmet hit on Thursday Night Football. The ‘analyst’ — part asshole, part cyst — was referring to the flag, not the hit. The hit? Old-time football, motherfucker. The flag? Pussification. This ain’t soccer, wimp. First they turn perfectly [...]

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Bounty Hunter

by Scott Raab December 14, 2011

That’s me. I’ll pay any credentialed member of the Cleveland media $100 for asking the following question of Pat Shurmur at one of Shurmur’s press conferences: “Why would any Browns fan feel that you are a competent NFL head coach?” The question must be asked in those words. I’ll toss in a $50 bonus for [...]

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Drew Gooden/Tim Tebow

by Scott Raab December 12, 2011

I heard a lot of great stories while I was working on The Whore of Akron. The best one isn’t in the book. Its hero is Drew Gooden, who played with the Cavs for four seasons during the LeBron epoch, and it takes place on a road trip, when the Cavs’ charter lands in Toronto [...]

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Thanks

by Scott Raab December 1, 2011

I started to take writing seriously when I was 11 years old. Never was interested in, or much good at, any craft, trade, or profession, but I never thought of writing as a career path. Until I was in my mid-thirties, the closest I ever came to journalism was my paper route; I wrote poetry [...]

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The World Wide Fraud

by Scott Raab November 22, 2011

Spent last week in Cleveland and Columbus pimping The Whore of Akron. Had a ball. A couple of bookstore events, a few TV spots, a ton of radio, local and national. It was great. The book’s official publication date was 11/15. The Associated Press, the Christian Science Monitor, Parade, Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, [...]

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Lockout

by Scott Raab November 11, 2011

I’m a union man. Always have been, always will be. Turns out I love money as much as the next guy; capital is one of my favorite isms. All the same, I don’t like living in a culture driven to a sickening degree by a corporate oligarchy. And I know enough about American history to [...]

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Hypocrisy

by Scott Raab November 8, 2011

It’s starting again: I’m supposedly a hypocrite for heaping scorn on LeBron James — because I too left Cleveland. You needn’t be a deep thinker to grasp the innate stupidity here. For the comparison to hold, it must be the case that: 1. I was known and loved by millions of Ohioans. 2. My departure [...]

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Hiatus

by Scott Raab November 2, 2011

It’s been too long since I posted here, and I’m sorry about that. I was writing The Whore of Akron and also reporting and writing a long feature for Esquire (http://tinyurl.com/6ydpw5l )  about  the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The book is officially out on 11/15 — I urge you to pre-order many, many copies today [...]

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Gut Yom Tov

by Scott Raab July 8, 2011

Happy LeBronnukah. Hard to believe it’s been a year since The Decision. If I had a dollar for each sneering jagoff I’ve heard advise me to get over it, I’d still be unable to let go of my anger and disgust, hoping for every NBA game LeBron James plays to be his last. Frankly, I [...]

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