Tom Junod
@tomjunod.bsky.social
Senior Writer, @ESPN. Author of "In The Days Of My Youth I Was Told What It Means To Be A Man," forthcoming from @doubledaybooks in March 2026.
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Catching up on some reading.
This elegy for two fallen high school football stars, a half-century apart, is a pinnacle of a type of journalism that has become woefully scarce. @tomjunod.bsky.social is a master of this form and I can't wait for his new book.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
This elegy for two fallen high school football stars, a half-century apart, is a pinnacle of a type of journalism that has become woefully scarce. @tomjunod.bsky.social is a master of this form and I can't wait for his new book.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The Unforgotten: Two QBs and the game that tied them together forever
Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.
www.espn.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Catching up on some reading.
This elegy for two fallen high school football stars, a half-century apart, is a pinnacle of a type of journalism that has become woefully scarce. @tomjunod.bsky.social is a master of this form and I can't wait for his new book.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
This elegy for two fallen high school football stars, a half-century apart, is a pinnacle of a type of journalism that has become woefully scarce. @tomjunod.bsky.social is a master of this form and I can't wait for his new book.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Two quarterbacks played a half century apart. With his trademark lyrical prose, @tomjunod.bsky.social unspools the tragic stories of Jay Kutner and Caden Tellier, bound together by the game, forever. @dvnjr.bsky.social's favorite this week www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The Unforgotten: Two QBs and the game that tied them together forever
Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.
www.espn.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Two quarterbacks played a half century apart. With his trademark lyrical prose, @tomjunod.bsky.social unspools the tragic stories of Jay Kutner and Caden Tellier, bound together by the game, forever. @dvnjr.bsky.social's favorite this week www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Many years ago, I was on the field when the star of our high school, Jay Kutner, suffered a terrible injury. His fate haunted me, and last summer I decided to to explore it. Jay’s story led me to the story of Caden Tellier and this @espn story, “The Unforgotten.” www.espn.com/cfl/story/_/...
The Unforgotten: Two QBs and the game that tied them together forever
Two boys played football 50 years apart. The game tied them together forever.
www.espn.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Many years ago, I was on the field when the star of our high school, Jay Kutner, suffered a terrible injury. His fate haunted me, and last summer I decided to to explore it. Jay’s story led me to the story of Caden Tellier and this @espn story, “The Unforgotten.” www.espn.com/cfl/story/_/...
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We are honored and thrilled to share the cover of @tomjunod.bsky.social's upcoming memoir: IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. Preorder your copy now:
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In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod: 9780375400391 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hi...
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July 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We are honored and thrilled to share the cover of @tomjunod.bsky.social's upcoming memoir: IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. Preorder your copy now:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/89092/...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/89092/...