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Alan Shipnuck

Alan Shipnuck

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Alan Shipnuck wrote his first cover story for Sports Illustrated as a 21-year-old intern in 1994. Like his cover subject, Ken Griffey Jr., Shipnuck matured into one of the best of his profession. When he was hired in 1996, he became the youngest staff writer staff writer in SI's history. Now a senior writer at the magazine, he writes regularly on golf and has been honored multiple times by the Golf Writers Association of America. In 2008 he became the first writer to finish first in the same year in both the feature and news writing categories in the Golf Writers Association of America annual writing contest. Though he specializes in golf for SI and Golf.com, Shipnuck has written on a variety of topics, including the 2007 (Brett Favre) and 2008 Sportsman of the Year (Michael Phelps). He currently writes a popular weekly column, Heroes and Zeroes, for Golf.com. His first book, Bud, Sweat & Tees, was published in 2001 and followed misadventures of unknown PGA Tour rookie Rich Beem and his caddie, Steve Duplantis. The book became a best seller after Beem's stunning victory at the 2002 PGA Championship.  He is also the author ofThe Battle for Augusta National: Hootie, Martha, and the Masters of the Universe, which was published to excellent reviews in 2004; Publishers Weekly said Shipnuck "superbly recounts all of the debacle's hilarious, sad, serious and absurd details." His most recent book is The Swinger, a raucous novel written with fellow senior writer Michael Bamberger and released in July 2011. Shipnuck has also been a contributor to Artworks Magazine, Travel & Leisure Golf, Golf & Travel and Golf for Women and has appeared on CNN, NBC'sTODAYand ESPN's SportsCentury series, in addition to numerous other television and radio shows. A 1996 graduate of UCLA, Shipnuck lives in Carmel, Calif., with his family.

U.S. water polo coach makes emotional return after brother's shocking death
Olympics

U.S. water polo coach makes emotional return after brother's shocking death

After the unexpected death of ‎‎Adam Krikorian's brother, the U.S. women's water polo team is more determined than ever to win gold at Rio 2016.

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Olympic venues on Rio’s Copacabana beach packed with charm, national pride
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Olympic venues on Rio’s Copacabana beach packed with charm, national pride

Painted as a nightmarish Olympic setting, Rio’s Copacabana beach is just the opposite: an idyllic place filled with locals and national pride.

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LSU's Leonard Fournette is calling to mind the greats, but what does hype matter to a child of Katrina?
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LSU's Leonard Fournette is calling to mind the greats, but what does hype matter to a child of Katrina?

This story appears in the Oct. 19, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. You knew it was coming. For 30 minutes and 47 seconds

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Beauty between the hedges: the author discovers passion, pageantry of SEC football
College

Beauty between the hedges: the author discovers passion, pageantry of SEC football

I went to a basketball school, UCLA. It's on the quarter system, so by the time classes start near the end of September the football team has already played

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Golf will return to the Olympics in Rio 2016, but challenges still remain
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Golf will return to the Olympics in Rio 2016, but challenges still remain

Golf will return to the Olympics in Rio 2016 for the first time since St. Louis 1904. One year out, here's a look at the issues surrounding Olympic golf in Rio, including the course, scheduling, field size and more.

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My 2014 Sportsman nominee: Golfer Rory McIlroy
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My 2014 Sportsman nominee: Golfer Rory McIlroy

Alan Shipnuck's 2014 Sportsman nominee, Rory McIlroy.

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'Golden Bear' Jack Nicklaus is cultivating an empire built on golf

'Golden Bear' Jack Nicklaus is cultivating an empire built on golf

This story appeared in the Sept. 22, 2014, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. Jack Nicklaus’s office, on the fifth floor of one of the

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How Love puts up numbers worthy of Kareem, Wilt and Elgin
NBA

How Love puts up numbers worthy of Kareem, Wilt and Elgin

DAL 4, MIN 2 10:04 McClanaghan works with dozens of NBA players. He says he recommends yoga to each of them, but only Love has embraced it; he maintains his

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Legendary UCLA men's volleyball coach Al Scates shoots for 20th ring
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Legendary UCLA men's volleyball coach Al Scates shoots for 20th ring

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Match Play picks (cont.)

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