Since 1981, John has freelanced articles for more than 100 publications ranging from The Atlantic to Sports Illustrated. He’s interviewed a hijacking survivor shot in the head, probed a priest’s passion for painting religious nudes, dined with Gordie Howe, played snowshoe baseball, and crashed the women’s locker room. Adept at covering a variety of subjects, John has developed a particular interest in the personal and social dramas that play out in sports.
Articles
The Moose Antler Murder
How a shocking crime divided a small town in its search for truth and justice.
The Atavist, May 2024
Making Sense of Minneapolis
First the pandemic. Than the uprising. My search for hope amidst it all.
Notre Dame Magazine, August, 2020
Surf’s Up . . . Again
A Hawaiian helps victims of a devastating fire in the most Hawaiian way possible.
Reader’s Digest, June 2024
The Reckoning
Inside Minneapolis’s Lake Harriet homeless encampment, where a city’s growing housing crisis took on faces and names.
Mpls St. Paul Magazine, November 2020
Making Sense of Minneapolis
First the pandemic. Than the uprising. My search for hope amidst it all.
Notre Dame Magazine, August, 2020
