It's the beginning of the year which means that it's time to look back at my favorite articles of 2017.
My last blog post before this was one was my favorite articles of 2016. For those interested, you can read that post here.
If you think I haven't written anything since Jan. 2 of 2017, you'd be very wrong. 2017 was full of game stories, previews, features and many other articles both for Elk River Star News as well as Monticello School District. In fact, I typed more words on my computer this year than in any other year previous.
Anyways, let's get back to the best articles of the year.
The list is simple. I read a lot of newspaper articles because I am fascinated with journalism. If I read the article and enjoyed it, I put it into my AOL email folder titled "2017 Best Articles." If I didn't like the article, I didn't put it into the folder. Pretty easy to follow.
My interests and hobbies are unique therefore the articles that follow are all over the board. You may like only one article on this list but if you read anything on this list that you find fascinating, please let me know.
Also, in 2018, one of my resolutions is to read more. If you ever see an article that you think I would enjoy, feel free to send it to Jhines91@aol.com. Even if I end up not putting it in my "2018 Best Articles" folder, I will still enjoy the fact that you thought about me.
So here we go! My favorite articles of 2017.
Ray Glier: Pets, Car Repairs and Mom: How College Football Players Use Their Stipends
Brian Murphy: Gophers AD Mark Coyle emerges from the mess:
NYT: President Obama's Farewell Address
Scott Shane: From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece
Sheila Well: How Author Timothy Tyson found the woman at the center of the Emmett Till case
Annie Correal: Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street
Alan Shipnuck: Meet the environmentally conscious teens cleaning up the Pebble coastline
Jeannette Cooperman: The unimaginable infamous case of Pam Hupp
Tim Layden: The Man who made Pop (and me)
Helen Hollyman: Who is Guy Fieri?
Sam Laird: Players gonna publish
Amy Krouse Rosenthal: You May Want to Marry My Husband
Yaron Weitzman: Something to Take Home
Dan Wetzel: Fractured friendship of Aaron Hernandez and a gangster played out in bone-chilling court scene.
Aaron Dodson: A tale of two shots
Daniel Brown: Konrad & Carew: How an NFL player's donated heart saved life of a baseball Hall of Famer
Travis Waldron: WTF Happened to Curt Schilling
Mark Simon: How did the Twins fix Pitching without Changing Rotation
Robert Klemko & Jenny Vrentas: The Great Super Bowl Jersey Caper
Royce Young: Bracing for the Death of Our Daughter (Most powerful article I read in 2017)
Robert Klemko: Dalvin Cook and the Stories Behind the Red Flags
Tim Layden: Always Dreaming separates from pack to win Kentucky Derby
Mark Singer: Marathon Man (Most bizarre article I read in 2017)
Erin Geiger Smith: Malcolm Gladwell Podcast
Lonzo Ball: To the Loudest Guy in the Gym
Stephen Nesbitt & Steph Chambers: MLB Umpire saves women on Roberto Clemente Bridge
Lee Jenkins (My favorite longform journalist): How Allen Iverson finally found his way home
Nicki Jhabvala: Surviving Aurora and Sandy Hook
Davy Rothbart: Inside the Clothing (INSANE!)
Lamar Odom: Done in the Dark
Jean Twenge: How Smartphones Destroyed a Generation
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah: A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof
Tom Junod: The Falling Man (Actually written in 2016 but I didn't read it until 2017. Fascinating article. Amazon documentary made on it as well.
Lee Jenkins: What Happened to Superman?
Nickolas Kristof: Inside North Korea
Lee Jenkins: Don't Try to Change Jimmy Butler
Clay Skipper: Josh Gordon on Addiction
Breanna Stewart: Me Too
Jay King: Barstool Sports is staying on Offense
Jason Zengerle: The Voices in Blue America
