Two Writers Slinging Yang

On the repeated torture that is the life of an author; on convincing Rudy Tomjanovich to open up; on Bobby Knight's temper, Steve Kerr's decency and being confused for the Miami Heat mascot.

On the challenges of writing in another person's voice; on landing a book deal; on covering year after year of New York Mets baseball (and living to talk about it)

On covering the 2020 presidential election; on the highs and lows of being a reporter when politicians go out of their way to make your life miserable; on writing the most important story of your life on deadline from home during a pandemic.

On covering politics during the craziest of years; on his new book, "Donald Trump V. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President"; on sharing a name with the greatest third baseman in baseball history.

On her masterful piece, "The 31-day campaign against QAnon" and all the little nooks and crannies of a one-of-a-kind profile.

On covering more than three decades of (generally awful) Jets football; on life with Adam Gase; on Keyshawn-Chrebet joy and Sam Darnold struggles and chronicling games from home in a COVID world

On the stoppage of travel for a journalist who lives to travel; on understanding COVID's impact on Houston—and writing about it; on thriving as a journalist with zero journalistic training.

On selling your soul to pimp a book; on doing 150 interviews; on $3,000 for a shitty website; on never turning down an interview; on endless bookplates

On finding herself temporarily unemployed at the start of a pandemic; on adjusting to a new beat when nothing is going on; on trying to meet Penny Hardaway and trying to cover Rick Pitino.

On the absolute pleasure-pain experience of writing a book; on eight hours in Montana with Phil Jackson and feeling the love of Shaq; on promoting a book in the aftermath of Kobe Bryant's death.