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Senior writer @TheAthletic, adjunct professor @IUMediaSchool.

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Zak Keefer’s Biography

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National features writer for The Athletic and adjunct professor at the Indiana University Media School.

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The day that rocked Butler: Story behind Brad Stevens' departure for Celtics

The day that rocked Butler: Story behind Brad Stevens' departure for Celtics

There it was, the story of the sports summer erupting before their eyes, at once stunning the college basketb…

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$100, a lie and a poker club: How Pat McAfee became an NFL punter

$100, a lie and a poker club: How Pat McAfee became an NFL punter

Long before he partied with Playmates, dated a beauty queen and took that infamous dip in the Broad Ripple ca…

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History of our Hysteria: How Indiana fell in love with basketball

History of our Hysteria: How Indiana fell in love with basketball

The game took hold on Hoosiers like nothing before and thrived in Indiana like nowhere else. Seldom was there…

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Butler's Chrabascz gives former drug addict redemption

Butler's Chrabascz gives former drug addict redemption

Would you trust your son with the player who threw it all away? Do you let him in the gym with the high schoo…

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Brian Shaw lost his father, mother and sister in the blink of an eye. And he gained a daughter.

Brian Shaw lost his father, mother and sister in the blink of an eye. And he gained a daughter.

It's been 20 years, but the eyes still water and the words still stop. "It was like a nightmare," he remem…

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Yogi Ferrell: The can't-miss prospect who lived up to the hype

Yogi Ferrell: The can't-miss prospect who lived up to the hype

What does a father do when his son's head begins to swell, a mushrooming ego overwhelming his youthful ambiti…

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Articles

In college sports’ NIL era, ‘there’s no real rules’ for agents. And some like it that way

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By Adam Kilgore Verified, Zak Keefer Verified
| The Athletic Verified
FORT WORTH, Texas — Standing on the side of a practice field in late April, watching a training session for eight college defensive linemen they represent, Jacob Piasecki and Francesco Tricomi are discussing a topic they relish: people who can’t stand them. “NFL agents have no f—ing clue how to do this,” Tricomi said.
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In college sports’ NIL era, ‘there’s no real rules’ for agents. And some like it that way

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By Adam Kilgore Verified, Zak Keefer Verified
| The New York Times Verified
FORT WORTH, Texas — Standing on the side of a practice field in late April, watching a training session for eight college defensive linemen they represent, Jacob Piasecki and Francesco Tricomi are discussing a topic they relish: people who can’t stand them. “NFL agents have no f—ing clue how to do this,” Tricomi said.
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A playboy NFL agent was in line to run the Seahawks. Then came the crossbow killing Original

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By Katie Strang Verified, Nathan Fenno Verified, Zak Keefer Verified
| The Athletic Verified
For this story, reporters Katie Strang, Nathan Fenno and Zak Keefer interviewed more than 70 people and reviewed more than 10,000 pages of court filings, law enforcement documents, contemporaneous accounts and other source materials. STOCKTON, Calif. — He drove his red Mercedes along Pershing Avenue with the top down, his wavy brown hair just long enough to flap in the wind.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors Award

2014 - Beat Writing
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American Society of Newspaper Editors Award

2014 - Explanatory Writing
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United States Basketball Writers Association

2014 - Best Enterprise Story
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Notable Selection: Best American Sportswriting

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Notable Selection

2013 - The Best American Sports Writing

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2015 - The Best American Sports Writing