Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN and a contributing writer to The Atlantic. He formerly worked at The Kansas City Star and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. Thompson's topics have covered a wide range of sports issues, from golf, football, basketball, and baseball, to car racing, sports history, and bullfighting. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Pappyland and The Cost of These Dreams . His most recent book, The Barn, explores the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Thompson lives in Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
