andrew greif is a writer.

For the Los Angeles Times, I’ve covered how a basketball is made, the return of a disgraced Texas football coach, profiled track and field’s biggest names and six NBA seasons. For The Oregonian, I wrote award-winning features and beat coverage on college football and more, and was named Oregon’s sportswriter of the year in 2017 by the National Sports Media Association.

My work has appeared in numerous other publications, and has spanned mediums, with television appearances as a guest on ESPN and NBATV, a reporter for KTLA and FOX Sports, and an in-studio analyst for Bally Sports.

I’m an Oregon native but currently live somewhere much sunnier, near Los Angeles.

Here are a few stories i liked.

I revealed footage few knew existed — the video of Kobe Bryant’s NBA draft workout for the Clippers.

In interviews over four months, I learned why track and field’s fastest man also wants to be its disruptor.

I wrote about a grieving running backs coach in a profile that earned a national award.

This story of a top football recruit, slain days before beginning college, earned a feature-writing honor.

A profile of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and what drives someone once they’ve shattered every record.

A feature on the complicated manufacturing, history and politics behind an official, all-leather NBA basketball.