Author Bio & Stories

Patrick Redford

Patrick Redford lives in Berkeley, California, where he studies space and eats pizza. He tweets @patrickredford.

  • May 13, 2013
    The Brothers Maloof, Dateline 2015

    What will Sacramento's widely reviled owners be up to in a couple years? Something terrible, most likely. Here's one guess.

  • May 2, 2013
    Looking for a Gorgon

    The soul of professional cycling has been so warped and decayed by the doping culture of the past decade that there are serious questions about the sport’s future. After the bottom of the Austin Witch Trials, cycling needs a hero badly. Luckily for US cycling fans, 22-year-old prodigy Taylor Phinney might be ready to fill the role.

  • December 20, 2012
    Why We Watch: Tyreke Evans, Human Being

    Tyreke Evans currently plays with a casual aloofness that betrays his prodigious talent. Which probably sounds like a reason Not to Watch, except Tyreke can do things in basketball games that almost nobody else can when he so chooses.

  • August 16, 2012
    We Made a Sport: Jump Rope Sprint

    The rules of the infant sport of jump rope sprint are simple and adhere to USA Track & Field guidelines for sprinting events as strictly as possible. The new wrinkles are 1) you must jump over the rope once per stride and 2) any tripping on the rope is cause for disqualification.

  • July 31, 2012
    ICYMI: The Tour de France Happened — The Clog

    Yes, Bradley Wiggins is the first ethnic Mod ever to hoist a major sporting trophy. But his title run to the Champs Elysee was brilliantly boring. Patrick Redford checks in with a recap of this year's Tour de France.