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  1. Wright Thompson

    Wright Thompson



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    Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN.com and The Magazine. He has been featured in six editions of Best American Sports Writing and lives in Oxford, Mississippi. Follow him on Twitter at @wrightthompson.

  2. The last ride of Bear and Billy

    Edward Aschoff

    ESPN.com's Wright Thompson has a story on Billy Varner, who was former Alabama coach Bear Bryant's longtime driver: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Something important is being lost. Each rising sun takes a little more from the couple who live in the small br...

    Blog | May 24, 2012
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  5. Thirty years after Bear Bryant's final season, the man who knew h...

    Wright Thompson

    Thirty years after Bear Bryant's final season, the person who knew him best struggles to remember the man behind the myth. He's not alone.

    Story | Conversation | May 21, 2012
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  7. Wright Thompson on Guerdwich Montimere

    Eamonn Brennan

    Longtime readers of this blog will remember the names Guerdwich Montimere (or "Montimer," as his social security card reportedly names him) and Jerry Joseph, and the strange story of a 22-year-old former Florida high school basketball player resurfac...

    Blog | May 03, 2012
  8. OTL - Guerdwich Montimere poses as high school student, cons Texa...

    Wright Thompson

    When Jerry Jones arrived in Odessa, Texas, he was just 15 and an orphan. His basketball coach's wife offered him a mother's love. For all his lies, she didn't take it back, Wright Thompson writes in ESPN The Magazine.

    Story | Conversation | May 01, 2012
  9. Searching for Sugar Man: An acclaimed new documentary goes huntin...

    Wright Thompson

    An acclaimed new documentary goes hunting for the lost Dylan.

    Story | Conversation | May 01, 2012
  10. OTL: Guerdwich Montimere, the kid who wasn't there

    Wright Thompson

    Is he Guerdwich Montimere? Or is he Jerry Joseph? If only it were that simple.

    Eticket | Conversation | April 23, 2012
  11. Ozzie Guillen's controversial comments about Fidel Castro reveal ...

    Wright Thompson

    Ozzie Guillen's controversial comments about Fidel Castro reached every corner of Miami's powerful Cuban community in the week following his apology. What was the reaction here?

    Story | Conversation | April 16, 2012
  12. The Masters still leaves us wondering why some golfers perform wh...

    Wright Thompson

    We can know everything about golf, but we don't know why some people perform when it matters most, and other people don't.

    Story | Conversation | April 08, 2012
  13. James Brown and the other side of the Masters

    Wright Thompson

    The Godfather of Soul and the other side of the Masters.

    Story | Conversation | April 06, 2012
  14. Masters fans drawn to Augusta National's No. 10, where Rory McIlr...

    Wright Thompson

    They flocked to No. 10 at Augusta National, smiling and taking pictures and pointing at the site of Rory McIlroy's disaster last year at the Masters.

    Story | Conversation | April 04, 2012
  15. India cricket fans still waiting for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th cen...

    Wright Thompson

    India cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 centuries for a year. When will he ever reach 100?

    Story | Conversation | March 11, 2012
  16. Beaver Stadium lights memorializing Penn State football coach Joe...

    Wright Thompson

    Turning out the lights: The end of a week, and an era, at Penn State

    Story | Conversation | January 27, 2012
  17. Coach Joe Paterno's son experiences sights, sounds of grief as he...

    Wright Thompson

    Joe Paterno's son soaks in the surroundings of grief and finds comfort

    Story | Conversation | January 25, 2012
  18. Wright Thompson on New Orleans, the BCS championship, and Louisia...

    Wright Thompson

    The National Championship Game, Louisiana politics, and Edwin Edwards' last campaign.

    Story | Conversation | January 09, 2012
  19. OTL: Test of Time

    Wright Thompson

    In defense of a game that lasts five days

    Eticket | Conversation | December 26, 2011
  20. OTL: Slumdog Golfer

    Wright Thompson

    One man, trapped between two worlds, still chases his dream

    Eticket | Conversation | December 07, 2011