David Epstein covered science, medicine, sports, and frequently all three of those in the same project. (When a woman with muscular dystrophy and an Olympic medalist sprinter have the same mutant gene, heâs there.) Prior to joining ProPublica, Epstein was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he co-authored the 2009 report that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had used steroids. He has also written about drugs-but-not-sports, detailing the DEA's complicated pursuit of Chapo Guzman's rivals. His science writing has won a number of awards, and he is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Sports Gene. David was a crime reporter at the New York Daily News, and the first reporter at Inside Higher Ed. He has masterâs degrees in environmental science and journalism from Columbia University, and has lived in the Sonoran desert, on a ship in the Pacific Ocean, and in the Arctic.
David Epstein
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World’s Most Famous Track Coach Is Banned for 4 Years for Doping Violations
Four years after ProPublica and the BBC detailed allegations of misconduct by Alberto Salazar and his Nike Oregon Project, arbitrators banned him from the sport.
Doctor’s Records in U.S. Doping Investigation Don’t Match Patients’ Copies
Houston endocrinologist Jeffrey Brown was also part of a 2015 investigation by ProPublica and the BBC of the Nike Oregon Project and coach Alberto Salazar.
When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes
Years after research contradicts common practices, patients continue to demand them and doctors continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatment.
SRSLY: Dr. Orange, I Presume
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: More Women More Crime?
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SRSLY: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day At Blue Apron Facility
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: I Say Tomato, You Say Schematic to Steal the Moon*
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: All In The (EpiPen) Family
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: This Should Superbug You
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: Homes for the Old Need to Learn New Tricks
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: Making Stuff Up, a Winning Legal Strategy
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: New Motto For the Rio Paralympics: Faster, Higher … Broker?
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
Aging But Not Aged Olympians
You can listen to what Olympic commentators say about the rapid aging of athletes, just don’t believe it all.
SRSLY: The Opposite of a Perfect ‘10’
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: Show Me The Money! Or, At Least Where It Came From… Or, Ah, Never Mind
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
On Eve of Olympics, Top Investigator Details Secret Efforts to Undermine Russian Doping Probe
In an exclusive interview, the former chief investigator of the World Anti-Doping Agency said his efforts to investigate state-sponsored doping in Russia were repeatedly thwarted by WADA’s own president.
SRSLY: Why Make Something When Nothing Sells Just as Well?
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: The Female Viagra: 0.5 Satisfying Sexual Events Per Month if You Don’t Pass Out
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: Fool Me Twice, Shame on You; Fool Me Three Times, I’m a Medical Board
Your three-minute read on the best reporting you probably missed.
SRSLY: #SorryNotSorry, a Popular Hashtag — Also Tony Blair on Iraq
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