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THE LINE OF FIRE

November 2019

Finalist for the 2020 Deadline Club sports reporting award. Best American Sportswriting 2020 Notable selection.

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HOW VIRAL DUNKERS CAN REVOLUTIONIZE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Summer 2017

Explored this same topic on the Spinsters podcast "Why Don’t People Think Women Can Dunk" in early 2021.

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DEBUNKING GREEN BOOK: JAZZ GREATS ON WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO TOUR DURING JIM CROW

February 2019

Includes several interviews with jazz legends.

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Q&A: CHARLEY CROCKETT, CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY’S MOST PROLIFIC TROUBADOUR

April 2021

A Q&A from Don't Rock The Inbox, Natalie's newsletter with fellow country writer Marissa Moss, which you can subscribe to here.

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Even more:

30 Years of ‘Nick of Time’: How Bonnie Raitt’s ‘Underdog Record’ Swept the Grammys & Saved Her Career

Billboard, March 2019

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Tina Charles Is a W.N.B.A. Superstar Hiding in Plain Sight

New York Times, September 2020

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In 2000, Two Hits From Totally Different Genres Got Revenge Against Abusers -- And Provoked Tellingly Different Reactions

Billboard, March 2020

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Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of 'Kind Of Blue,' Dies At 91

NPR, May 2020

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For Michigan’s Players, Activism Has Been Season’s Theme

New York Times, March 2021

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Re-Revising 'The History Of Jazz'

NPR, July 2021

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20 Years of ‘Baduizm’: The Story of Erykah Badu’s Classic Debut

Billboard, February 2017

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We Belong Together: Mariah Carey’s Collaborators Share Untold Stories Behind 8 Classics

Billboard, April 2016

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The WNBA is at a turning point, and the stakes could not be higher

SB Nation, May 2019

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At Super Bowl LIII, Kaepernick’s presence is felt everywhere

SB Nation, February 2019

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For NFL practice squad players, the ‘checks aren’t what you think they are’

SB Nation, November 2018

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The WNBA’s male practice squads lose to women all the time — and enjoy it

SB Nation, May 2019

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Notre Dame’s Relentless Swagger Sparks Biggest NCAA Championship Comeback Ever

Bleacher Report, April 2018

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What It’s Like to Have LeBron James at Your Basketball Tournament

Bleacher Report, July 2018

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‘Swingin’ in Seattle’ Finds Cannonball Adderley at a Crossroads, Reaching Out and Speaking Up

WBGO, January 2019

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Sonny Rollins: Way Out West

Pitchfork, February 2018

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With one raw, irresistible song, James Brown found the sound of the racial unrest of 1967

Timeline, June 2017

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Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Volumes 1 & 2

Pitchfork, February 2019

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Donald Byrd Was The Future

Vinyl Me Please, September 2018

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How Aretha Franklin’s Jazz Beginnings Predicted Her Genre-Transcending Career

Rolling Stone, August 2018

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It’s Still Not Betty Davis Time, But We’re Getting There

JazzTimes, September 2019

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Miranda Lambert Goes Home Again on 'The Weight of These Wings’: Critic’s Take

Billboard, November 2016

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Why D'Angelo’s 'Untitled’ Video Is Still Uniquely Provocative, Nearly Two Decades Later

Billboard, July 2018

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