Worlds in Words
For those of us on Revolver playing for the San Jose Spiders in the AUDL final, there was little time to bask in the glory of winning. We left Toronto and immediately drove back to Detroit to spend the...
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What I Learned
If rap music taught me anything, it’s that money, drugs and sex form the holy trinity of life. Now that Skyd is broke* and refuses to send me drugs, coupled with the fact I don’t want to sleep with...
View ArticleWhy I Joined E.R.I.C.
What is this nonprofit organization called E.R.I.C? What does it do? Why did you join it? If I donate, where does the money go? I have heard these questions a lot over my time working with E.R.I.C, and...
View ArticleLoss
What better way to start the year off than to dive to the depths of my heart? I try to love many things in this life. Two that are near the top are ultimate and my girlfriend. I recently lost both. The...
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What I’m Up To
It’s been a few weeks since my heart was run over with dull sputtering lawn mower then fed to a rusty wood chipper and stuffed down a gluttonous garbage disposal. Thank you for all the support, and...
View ArticleIs Beach Ultimate’s Future?
This interview appears in Skyd Magazine Vol. 1, Issue 1 – now available on Amazon. Beach ultimate is the best bet for a successful professional ultimate league. When I came up with that sentence I...
View ArticleGood Job, Ultimate Community
Today, for a change of pace, I have decided to try something different — a positive piece. The reason for this attempt at positivity is the pride I have felt about our community over the past eight...
View ArticlePrison of Pressure
Truck Stop has 8. My team, Revolver, has 5. It’s halftime in the quarterfinals of Nationals. Elimination time. With the new format, no team is untouchable — even us, with our number one seed. From...
View ArticleFrom The Ground Up
Before I get to the big news, I have a favor to ask: please help the Kickstarter for my video game by following this link – www.jack-nimble.com. It could really use a hug from the ultimate community....
View ArticleThere Is No Offseason
The first step of any journey is always difficult. Often that step is one that you take by yourself to show the world you are actually going to do it. The second, equally important step is finding...
View ArticleSpirit
Spirit of the Game. It’s something that has intrigued and repelled me from ultimate. At its best spirit makes me believe in humanity, at its worse it makes me think planet of the apes has already taken...
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My Fair Lady Persistence
My Kickstarter for Jack Nimble: Attack of the Boredom Bugs video game failed utterly and completely, not even coming close to reaching the funding target. It was the type of failure where you climb...
View ArticlePride
I just deleted about two pages worth of bitter brooding about random things going on in the ultimate community. Like how USA Ultimate had Titanic syndrome; they think they can do whatever they want...
View ArticleRecovery Road
Full MCL tear. Partial ACL tear. Partial meniscus tear. Six weeks from a broken man to a world champion. How did I do it and what did learn? It started with stupidity. A disc floating over the head of...
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Announcing the E.R.I.C. Speak Up Tour
It started at 7 AM on an asphalt lot behind a school. Two men stood, unsure of themselves. One wore shoes that would be rejected by Goodwill, an XL hoodie hiding most of his fidgeting, except for hands...
View ArticleGender Equity and the Career-Long Dream for that Sweet Nike Contract
It was the height of my lifelong dream: I was proudly sporting my Dallas Pro Ultimate shirt while teaching at an underrepresented school in Dallas. A Junior High African-American girl in a fuzzy pink...
View ArticleBuilding an Empire
There comes a time in life where change must happen in order for growth to continue. Since I wrote my last article, what started out as a look into my role in gender equity slowly became a bigger look...
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