Luke Epplin

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Luke Epplin
Born Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationSportswriter
Alma mater Washington University in St. Louis (B.A.)
Spouse
Jane Healy
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(m. 2023)​
Children1

Luke Epplin is an American sportswriter who writes primarily about sports. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Atlantic , The New Yorker , Salon and The Daily Beast . [1]

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Personal life

Born in Rockford, Illinois, Epplin grew up in rural Litchfield where he attended Litchfield High School. Later on, he attended college in St. Louis, graduating from Washington University in St. Louis. [2]

He is a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and grew up listening to team broadcasters Jack Buck and Mike Shannon on the radio.

Epplin married his wife Jane Healy in May 2023; their daughter Ava Healy Epplin was born in March 2024. [3] The couple currently reside in Astoria, Queens in New York City. [2]

Career

Epplin is a freelance sportswriter who has written for a number of publications on popular culture and sports.

He is best known for his book Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball which focuses on the 1948 Cleveland Indians. In particular, it focuses at Indians players Larry Doby, the first African-American player in the American League and second ever after Jackie Robinson, Bob Feller, the team's star pitcher, Satchel Paige, considered to be one of the greatest Negro league pitchers in history, and team owner Bill Veeck, one of the most eccentric figures in baseball history. [4] [5]

In 2022, Our Team was nominated for the Casey Award, given out to the best baseball book of the year. [6]

He is currently writing a book called Moses And The Doctor, on Julius Erving and Moses Malone and the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Luke Epplin". Macmillan Publishers.
  2. 1 2 Tunison, Jim (July 27, 2022). "Ep. 38 - Luke Epplin: Our Team". For The Love of the Game (Podcast). Apple Podcasts.
  3. ↑ Colosi, Rosie (April 1, 2024). "Dad faints in the delivery room, then makes an epic run to get back to his wife in time". The Today Show .
  4. ↑ Goudsouzian, Aram (April 9, 2021). "In Cleveland, four men helped bring baseball into the modern age". The Washington Post .
  5. ↑ Williams, John (April 7, 2021). "How Integration Came to the American League, in Cleveland's Glory Days". The New York Times .
  6. ↑ "CASEY Award: Best Baseball Book". Spitball: The Baseball Literary Magazine.
  7. ↑ "Luke Epplin". Twitter . I'm writing another book. It's about Dr. J and Moses Malone and the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers and that wild period in professional basketball when ABA players got absorbed into the NBA.
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