I just published a review on ESPN Soccernet, the biggest soccer website in the World. The review is about American goalkeeper Brad Friedel’s fascinating autobiography. I’m really pleased to work with ESPN and I’d be even more psyched if you joined me by leaving a comment on the page.
Check out the review here.
–Deji Olukotun
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
We usually think of referees as being those people in striped shirts in the middle of the field who blow whistles. Even I think of them this way — but it is far from the real picture. Soccer referees don’t wear striped shirts and they blow their whistles as rarely as possible, only enough to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
I just finished my second weekend of professional refereeing, with four games split between Saturday and Sunday. It was fantastic. On Saturday, I coached some tiny but surprisingly skillful under-10 kids. It was wonderful: a beautiful day, agreeable parents, and a fairly exciting end-to-end game, which is saying quite a bit given the size of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
Some time ago, I decided to write a series of stories about a referee. I have written several of them, but I have decided to wait to place them online for a few reasons. I wanted to learn more about being a referee and I realized that I didn’t know as much as I’d like [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
I had another inspiring reading at the Brooklyn Artists Gym Salon on Friday, April 22. The Salon was curated by Marguerite Leslie and featured a number of great artists.
Thanks to my friends who came out to the show. Judging from the laughter, I think I’ll keep trying to write humorous stories. They’re fun to write [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
