341: Tim Brown Discusses the Impact of Athletes' Human Interest Stories

Tom and Joe welcome sports author and esteemed columnist, Tim Brown to discuss his success as a sports journalist and talk about his new book The Tao of the Backup Catcher. Tim shares what goes into making a good story, common themes and the psychology of the people he writes about. He also dives into misrepresentations, live lessons and creative licensing involved in sports writing. Lastly, he talks about the state of sports writing and his modern book tours. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports and Instagram @cu_sps_sportsmanagement. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR). The show is produced by Mike Schretter’25 (@mikeschrett1), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with Pablo Aycart ‘24 (@pablo_aycart),  Hernan Gonzalez Ramirez ‘24 (@hdgonzalezr28), Jessica Potter’25 and Felipe Velez’25​​ managing social media efforts. Links:https://www.bytimbrown.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecuspshow.substack.com