Austin Murphy is an American author and journalist who wrote for Sports Illustrated for 33 years before corporate downsizing made him an Amazon.com delivery truck driver.[1][2] After working for Amazon, Murphy was recently hired as a writer for the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat.[3]

Books

  • The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University (2001)[4][5][6]
  • How Tough Could It Be?: The Trials and Errors of a Sportswriter Turned Stay-at-Home Dad[7][8]
  • Saturday Rules: A Season with Trojans and Domers (and Gators and Buckeyes and Wolverines) (2007)[9]

References

  1. Murphy, Austin (25 December 2018). "I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon". The Atlantic. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. Rod Dreher (27 December 2018). "Austin Murphy's Grace". The American Conservative. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. King, Peter (2020-01-06). "FMIA Wild Card: Tom Brady the Pragmatist Controls His NFL Future". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  4. Smith, Jack (23 December 2001). "A winning 'Season' in more ways than one (book review)". Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
  5. Rajkowski, Frank (2 September 2001). "Murphy's book has its pros and cons (book review)". St. Cloud Times.
  6. Chapin, Dwight (29 October 2001). "At ease beneath the radar (book review)". San Francisco Chronicle.
  7. Farquharson, Vanessa (2 October 2004). "Domesticity (brief review)". National Post.
  8. Farmer, Sam (15 June 2004). "The Inside Track (book review)". Los Angeles Times.
  9. Eric, Spanberg (4 November 2007). "Winning Formula (book review)". The Charlotte Observer.


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