Chris Ballard

Joined: Sep 17, 2019

Chris Ballard is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he covers the NBA and specializes in long-form stories. Ballard, who joined SI in 2000, is the author of four books.

Basketball

Ice? Ice, Baby! Welcome to the World of Cold-Water Immersion

NBA

The Path of (David) Kahn

NBA

Post Play Is a Lost Art in the NBA. What Happens to Those Who Still Believe in It?

NBA

LeBron James Wants to Play With His Sons, Bronny and Bryce. Got a Problem With That?

NBA

John Amaechi: ‘You Want Gay People to Come Out? Make It So It’s Not So S----y.’

The first gay NBA player to go public is a psychologist today. And he has a lot to talk us through.

WNBA

You Really Should Know Connie Kunzmann

Long before the WNBA, there was the WBL. And there was Kunzmann, who scraped and hustled to relative fame in a shoestring, sexist league. You might know her name, if only...

NBA

How Long Can We Play?

How Long Can We Play? And what does that even mean to you?

MLB

He's Old-School. He Doesn't Embrace Analytics. And He's Thriving in Today's MLB.

Brian Snitker waited 40 years to get his shot as an MLB manager and there may never be anyone like him again.

Track and Field

Running in the Age of Coronavirus

More than 40 years ago, author Jim Fixx brought jogging to the masses, espousing its physical and emotional benefits—themes that now resonate more than ever.

More Sports

The Last Sport Standing

Nearly all American sports are shuttered, with one exception: the Bass Pro Tour of Major League Fishing.

NBA

When Sports Stopped

As coronavirus spreads, sports have rarely seemed less important—and harder to do without. Like so many of us, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr found himself trying to make sense of it all.

Sports Illustrated

Love and Lhotse

Driven by loss, two of the world’s best mountaineers set out to make history—and find answers—in the shadow of Mount Everest