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Jordan Ritter Conn
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Author, AMERICAN MEN (4/21/26) and THE ROAD FROM RAQQA. Senior Staff Writer, The Ringer.
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Here’s the first review for my upcoming book, American Men. Kirkus calls it “captivating,” and “well-written, full of narrative tension, and often deeply poignant.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
AMERICAN MEN | Kirkus Reviews
Four intimate portraits of American men navigating their lives and traumas.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have written a new book. It's called AMERICAN MEN. It's about men, in America. Coming April 21, 2026, from Grand Central and Ringer Books. Preorders open now. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jorda...
American Men
A deeply intimate portrait of the lives of four men that examines—in profound and comprehensive ways—what it means to be a man in America. They wield out...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Went down to Tuscaloosa, and wrote about a place, and a people, going through a bit of an identity crisis. www.theringer.com/2025/09/25/c...
The Ghosts of Alabama Football Are Coming for Kalen DeBoer
The age of Alabama exceptionalism under Nick Saban is over. The age of Crimson Tide fan soul-searching is underway. What does it look like when the reinvention of a storied program clashes with its pa...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Reposting from The Ringer:

Kenny Atkinson has seen the NBA from every angle, developing “stay-ready” guys into the bench guys, bench guys into starters, starters into stars. From @jordanritterconn.bsky.social

www.theringer.com/2025/05/09/n...
The Grind Continues for Kenny Atkinson
The NBA’s Coach of the Year is used to doing things the hard way, but this might be his greatest challenge yet. Luckily for the Cleveland Cavaliers, he’s seen just about everything.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Apopros of nothing, I highly recommend listening to Sonic Boom, the original podcast series by @jordanritterconn.bsky.social, on the demise of the Seattle Supersonics. A story told many times, but this series gets at the heart of it all.

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Episode 1: The '90s | Sonic Boom
Book of Basketball 2.0 · Episode
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April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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In "Blood and Thunder," @brianphillips.bsky.social talks to fellow Oklahoma native @tylerparker.bsky.social about the past and present of the Thunder.

Then, @jordanritterconn.bsky.social joins to discuss the legacy of the team’s move from Seattle.

Listen here:
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Blood and Thunder
The Ringer NBA Show · Episode
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April 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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They let @tylerparker.bsky.social (cogent, funny analysis) and me (sententious pontificating) talk about the Thunder and Oklahoma for an hour.

@jordanritterconn.bsky.social also dropped in to talk about the legacy of a place called Seattle (sp?), a city of which I was frankly unaware till now
Blood and Thunder
The Ringer NBA Show · Episode
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April 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Published a new story this week, on Coach Cal. www.theringer.com/2025/03/19/c...
John Calipari and the Razor-Thin Margins of Legacy
The battle for the soul of college basketball is won and done. So where does that leave Coach Cal?
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March 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM