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Journalist | Co-author of Kingdom Quarterback, a book about Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes | Features editor and writer at @TheHustle | mdent05@gmail.com
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The Last Five Glamour Shots Locations in the United States

The Last Five Glamour Shots Locations in the United States

The New York Times — How just a few studios behind big-hair '90s photography survive ... for now. A glamour shot of a Glamour Shots owner: Leonora Campbell in the 1990s. Credit Credit Cassidy Araiza for The New York Times EL PASO - Glamour Shots was once the coolest store in every mall.
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A New Pipeline Through the Hill Country Is Pitting the Oil Industry Against Landowners

A New Pipeline Through the Hill Country Is Pitting the Oil Industry Against Landowners

Texas Monthly — On the day of the explosion, Randy Zgabay's grandmother kept him inside. His grandfather would usually hold Randy, who was only eighteen months old, while his seven-year-old-sister, Laura, played in the pasture near his grandparents' home in Rosenberg, a small town southwest of Houston.
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PSU's future has trustee candidates divided

PSU's future has trustee candidates divided

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — The politicization of Penn State's Board of Trustees and how two opposing sides have different visions for the university's future.
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Spanier still highly visible at Penn State

Spanier still highly visible at Penn State

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — The lingering awkwardness of Graham Spanier in Happy Valley
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Colleges, universities slow to offer multiyear athletic scholarships

Colleges, universities slow to offer multiyear athletic scholarships

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — I filed more than 80 FOIA requests, conducted over 40 interviews and built my own database to illustrate how most universities flaunt their education-first narrative by not offering their athletes four-year scholarships.
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The Last House

The Last House

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Everyone always talked about Joe Paterno's simple house. For six months, I conducted tons of interviews and studied numerous property records to find the story of Paterno's house and how it reflected his obsession with the past - a flaw that would contribute to his downfall.
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Penn State: Getting back to normal, 'more or less'

Penn State: Getting back to normal, 'more or less'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — A year after the Sandusky scandal, the students illustrate how the campus has moved on.
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The impostor

The impostor

Dallas Morning News — My investigative story on a 22-year-old man who attempted to enroll in and play football at multiple Dallas-area high schools. To report for this story I used court, police, school and Secretary of State records. I also did several "stake-outs" in Dallas neighborhoods trying to catch the impostor.
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Area high schools start football 2-a-days, ignore heat advice

Area high schools start football 2-a-days, ignore heat advice

Dallas Morning News — After a Dallas-area high school football coach died, my colleague and I wrote about how area high schools were allowed to practice twice a day in the hottest weeks of August, disregarding guidelines followed by the NFL, NCAA and the National Athletic Trainers Association. A few months later, a state policy partially banned two-a-day practices because of our story.
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