Matthew Futterman, NY Times Deputy Sports Editor

Matthew Futterman (0:00)

I've been a sports writer for going on 20 years. I've been a reporter for about 25 years.

And I don't think I would do what I do. I don't think I would write about sports if it didn't help me sort of order the world, understand life a little better, understand myself, gain some insight. And hopefully, hopefully, here's the big hope, that the people that read my stuff, that it helps them gain some insight and help them get through the day and have some revelations about what it means to be human.

Michael Gervais (0:41)

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Okay, this week's conversation is with Matthew Futterman, the Deputy Sports Editor of The New York Times. And he's previously worked for The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Enquirer, The Star Ledger of New Jersey, where he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News in 2005

Matthew grew up in New York and eventually found his way to Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. So he studied it. He cares about writing. He's got some serious chops behind him. And one of his deep passions in life is running. And he does it a lot for long distances. And he's fast too. And so this conversation though, it's not about running. We do talk about it.