dennispyoung
Dennis Young
dennispyoung
New Orleans-based writer and editor

That editors can fix your prose but that you need to report things. Read more

It’s Patrick Redford by a mile (he’s a giant redhead), but this is a great excuse to tell you that the guy who owns Tito’s vodka is named Tito Beveridge. Read more

I hope so. I don’t want Wentz to rush back and would prefer Foles start the first game or two. Read more

You could go on a cool vacation or see something in your city you’ve always been itching to see, but I was in this situation this fall and I successfully got back in the habit of exercising every day, which stuck even after I was employed again. So if there’s something you wish you were in the habit of doing but Read more

Professional marathoners almost universally—except for Kawauchi—run one marathon in the first half of the year and one in the second, and maybe the Olympics or world championships in between in those years. Read more

You’re absolutely right to think that, though 1) I’d recommend enjoying sports regardless of whether the athletes are doping and 2) Desi is one of the most outspoken anti-doping athletes I’ve ever covered. She said this week that she was upset her own team signed Dathan Ritzenhein! Read more

Yeah, man, good old ESPN, ignoring a player playing through unimaginable grief.

This post originally said that Mets COO Jeff Wilpon owns the Excelsior. Sterling.VC, a fund co-founded by Jeff Wilpon, owns the Excelsior. Read more

I lived in Mid-City in 2014-15 and live Uptown now and have mostly gotten my card back. Read more

A dollar a drink with cash is fine, I think, unless you get an extremely expensive drink. Read more

I think that this is a fine thing to do when you’re paying cash. Read more

Due to an editing error, this sentence initially said that Scarlett was playing to make the quarters. She’s in the quarters, and is playing to make the semis. It’s been corrected. Read more