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Bryan Curtis

Bryan Curtis is a former national correspondent at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He was a columnist at Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine, Slate, and Texas Monthly, and has written for Grantland, New York, and GQ. Write him at bryan.curtis@newsweek.com.

articles/2011/07/17/latina-mothers-a-rising-demographic-and-target-of-new-website-mamiverse/mamiverse-curtis_jn9jby

Meet the Fútbol Moms

A new website aimed at Latina mothers launches today. Bryan Curtis on America’s hottest demographic—and its power in 2012.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/07/07/the-fake-sports-fandom-of-the-presidential-candidates/politicians-sports-curtis-box_rdddsg

Jock the Vote

What the presidential candidates talk about when they talk about sports.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/06/30/billboard-liberation-artistically-redesigning-the-u-s-mexico-border-fence/mexico-border-art-curtis-topbox_a0qopn

The Border’s Merry Pranksters

Four men get into a minivan. They drive to the border fence. Consider the wall compromised.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/06/26/newt-gingrich-vs-bob-dornan/newt-gingrich-hater-curtis_mnhgqh

'An Evil-Looking Gnome'

Just when things couldn’t get any worse for Newt Gingrich, here comes a Republican colleague with a very long memory.

Bryan Curtis

Before the Rapture

The man who spent his life savings to tell New York the end was near.

Bryan Curtis

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articles/2011/04/25/robert-lipsytes-an-accidental-sportswriter-doubts-about-modern-sports-writing/curtis-lipsyte_175844_upoltc

On the Peninsula

How Robert Lipsyte, author of the new memoir An Accidental Sportswriter, stood athwart the sports page yelling, "Stop!"

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/01/13/herman-cain-for-president-maybe/curtis-herman-cain_152738_mg6iqf

Pizza Guy for President!

Obama’s first opponent may be Herman Cain, an ex-pizza magnate whom Jack Kemp called “the Colin Powell of the restaurant industry.” Bryan Curtis talks politics with Citizen Cain.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/01/10/gabrielle-giffords-shooting-the-threats-that-came-before/curtis-arizona-breakdown_151987_y2fgyp

Arizona's State of Fear

Long before Gabrielle Giffords was shot, Arizona politicians from Raúl Grijalva to Sheriff Joe Arpaio received gruesome death threats. Bryan Curtis talks to them about Arizona’s year of terror.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2011/01/06/gwyneth-paltrow-country-strong-and-the-rise-of-the-country-carpetbagger/curtis-country-strong_151044_wd99mg

Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger

Gwyneth Paltrow, the star of Country Strong, isn’t the only outsider invading the opry. Bryan Curtis on how Darius Rucker, Kid Rock, and Jewel conquered country.

Bryan Curtis

articles/2010/12/01/luis-gutirrez-and-coming-latino-revolt/curtis-immigration_umtakg

The Coming Latino Revolt

The Senate is set to vote on a controversial immigration bill. If it fails, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez tells Bryan Curtis, he’s prepared to ditch Obama and the Democrats—and take the movement to the streets.

Bryan Curtis

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