Author Bio & Stories

Bryan Joiner

Bryan Joiner covers financial news at the moment and tweets at @bryanjoiner.

  • May 20, 2013
    Why We Watch: Bartolo Colon's Buddha Nature

    Bartolo Colon is not one of the more exciting or electric pitchers to watch in baseball. This seems fine to him, honestly. What El Barto is after seems much simpler and more enlightened than that.

  • April 17, 2013
    The Home Team

    The Brooklyn Nets are not a great team, or even a greatly likable team. But for a fan who waited his whole life for a true home team, they're more than enough.

  • April 3, 2013
    All Summer In A Day

    A fleeting moment of happiness in Queens on Opening Day, near the chop shops, amid the swirling on-field garbage and omnipresent Mets-fan anxiety, and in defiance of games two-through-162.

  • March 14, 2013
    Solving for Bayless

    The "argument" between Skip Bayless and Richard Sherman on ESPN's "debate" show First Take was the latest in a long line of highly embarrassing, increasingly frequent moments for the network and their resident curmudgeon. And even though he's starting to finally wear out his welcome at the Worldwide Leader, with the rise of Fox Sports 1, it looks like we may never get rid of him.  

  • March 1, 2013
    An Embarrassment of Riches

    Some may say that athletes make too much money. While there are certainly players that help support that argument,  in the case of players like LeBron James, this couldn't be more wrong. So, why does the NBA restrict how much he can be paid? 

  • February 19, 2013
    The Horror and the Noise

    What Oscar Pistorius is alleged to have done in South Africa is horrible. But it's only difficult to believe if we believe the stories we're sold so recklessly during events like the Olympics. Turn off the volume, and the story is a lot smaller, and different.