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Will Carroll
Will Carroll (born 1970)[1] is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. He currently writes about football injuries for SI.com. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of three books on sports-related medical topics.
Carroll is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Pro Football Writers Association.
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Career
In 2003 Carroll joined the staff of Baseball Prospectus, for whom he served as its injury expert and wrote a regular "Under the Knife" column and periodic "Team Health Reports" as well as hosts Baseball Prospectus Radio. In February 2009, he assumed the role of Executive Editor of Puck Prospectus. In September 2010, Carroll announced his departure from Baseball Prospectus and published his last "Under the Knife" column.[2] Two days later, writing on his own blog, he gave a partial explanation:I left Baseball Prospectus – and let me be very clear: I left – for a number of reasons, but the most significant is that I have impossibly high standards for my work. I’m wrong a lot. It’s the nature of what I do, but each instance burns me. There was an episode this summer where it was clear the goals of the organization and the goals I had didn’t mesh any more. I can’t say any more about that, but it was the final straw for me and at that point, I began the process of leaving. In the end, I bought myself out of the contract and sold back the equity I had earned in the company. It was a better option for me not to write at all than continue to write there.[3]
In 2006, Carroll served as the injury expert for the short-lived The Fantasy Show on ESPN.
Starting in 2007, Carroll has worked as an NFL injury expert for SI.com. He has also served as a Senior Writer for Football Outsiders, for whom he focuses on football injuries.
Carroll has authored three books: Saving the Pitcher (2004),The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems (2006), and The Carroll Guide to Sports Injuries (2010).
Awards and distinctions
- Carroll won the award for Best Fantasy Baseball Article in Print from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association in 2005, 2006 and 2007 for articles he contributed to the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Magazine.
- The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems (2005) won the 2005 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award.
- In 2008 Carroll was named a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and thus became eligible to vote on Major League baseball post-season awards and nominees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- In 2009 Carroll was named a member of the Pro Football Writers Association.
Books
- Saving the Pitcher. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publishers, 2004; paperback 2007. (ISBN 1-56663-578-0)
- The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball's Drug Problems. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publishers, 2005; paperback 2007. (ISBN 1-56663-668-X)
- The Carroll Guide to Sports Injuries. CreateSpace Publishers, 2010. (ISBN 1-44955-692-2)
References
- ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
- ↑ Will Carroll, "Under the Knife: Fade to Black Album," BaseballProspectus.com, September 29, 2010.
- ↑ Will Carroll, "What's Next?," Will Caroll's Rndm Crap, October 1, 2010.
External links
- Rich Lederer, "Tossing BP with Will Carroll," BaseballAnalysts.com, November 28, 2003.
- "Special Interview with Will Carroll," The Stat Pack, November 3, 2007.
- Nando Di Fino, "Fantasy's Disabled List Detectives," Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2008.
- Baseball Prospectus
- Puck Prospectus
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