Elizabeth Merrill

@MerrillLiz

ESPN writer. Liker of baseball, hand sanitizer and long deadlines that last for three days.

Somewhere in middle America
Joined October 2011
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  1. Apr 2

    Rich Kaipust is leaving the OWH, and it should be a big deal. He wrote this gem about Danny Woodhead recently. . Richie sat across from me in the early 2000s, which must've been annoying. (Wazzzup). A genuinely good guy. Give him some love

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  2. Mar 23

    Fascinating look at Geno's price of success by the twitterless Wright Thompson.

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    Feb 16

    The man who built the US men’s hockey team for PyeongChang passed away in January. But his memory lives on, in the phone calls that will never be forgotten.

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    Feb 13

    "A Family Left Behind" (, )

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    Feb 10

    We're one day away from the premiere of 'Heir McNair'. Here's a sneak peek - how the legend of Steve 'Air McNair' began

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  6. Feb 6

    Say a little prayer for the Colts writers tonight.

    Actual voicemail from a reader: "Peyton needs to come be the coach."
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    Jan 27

    TV producers commonly (should) embrace this quote: "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." --Harry S Truman Hat tip to this weekend.

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    Jan 26

    .: Incredible, important, vital reporting. And check out this graf on the background of the fight needed in order to tell it. Everyone should read this story.

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  9. Jan 26

    Be sure to tune in Sunday to E:60 at 9 am Eastern as my friend drops a big story on Michigan State. The piece is three years in the making, and is both powerful and infuriating. A must-watch.

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  10. Jan 21

    Here's a story on Doug Marrone's revival.

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    22 Dec 2017

    The Browns remain a tantalizing disaster -- and both can be true. Via

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    18 Dec 2017

    John Skipper is a major reason ESPN is so committed to investigative journalism and longform storytelling. We've always known he had our backs. I'm deeply grateful and wish him well.

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  13. 16 Dec 2017

    When I told I was leaving the NU vb beat to cover fball years ago, he asked, "Is that a demotion?" Maybe it was. Good luck to one of the most interesting coaches I've met in his quest tonight for another national championship.

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    10 Dec 2017

    Up from now and on @ 9aET, ESPN2: How ex-Louisville AD Tom Jurich leveraged big deals and big-time basketball to build the university into a sports powerhouse, only to watch it burn amid charges of excess, exploitation and corruption.

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    9 Dec 2017

    This one was for our friend and former Asst AD Ryan Yanoshak!!

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    Fight on to Victory!
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    4 Dec 2017

    It was Dec. 6, 2009, when told me that Scott Frost would be the head coach at Nebraska some day. (I may have looked back at him sideways.) This is how Bill Moos made it happen — with help from Davison and, of course, Tom Osborne:

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  17. 30 Nov 2017

    3/3 Today, he was part of the layoffs. And I'll miss working with him a bunch.

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  18. 30 Nov 2017

    1/2 I'm not sure what was more fun ... Writing about Belichick singing "Love Potion No. 9" or hearing Jay's stories about Hunter S. Thompson, the '60s, and all the cool writers he's edited. He's a mentor, friend and someone who could always talk me down in a crisis of confidence.

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  19. 30 Nov 2017

    1/1 I was so intimidated 10 years ago when I found out I'd be working with Jay Lovinger. He was Gary Smith's editor at SI, and was doing incredible stuff with Wright. I think the first thing we did together was a story on Bill Belichick's human side.

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  20. 24 Nov 2017

    Drew Brown plays with a ton of heart.

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