Mary Pilon

Banning sports is a ludicrous proposition.

— Mary Pilon

My parents wielded disposal cameras and Polaroids with the best of them, occasionally begging for at least one decent photo of my…

— Mary Pilon

Endnotes, often confused with footnotes that live at the bottom of a page, is that lump of text at the end of…

— Mary Pilon

As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And…

— Mary Pilon

As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.

— Mary Pilon

Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written…

— Mary Pilon

I was a fly on the wall at Gawker Media during the heyday of this thing called blogging.

— Mary Pilon

Some communities are formed through schools, churches, workplaces. But much of how we learn about one another as a society comes from…

— Mary Pilon

Using a typewriter, at times, feels more like playing piano than jotting down notes, a percussive exercise in expressing thought that is…

— Mary Pilon

Competing in junior fencing requires lessons, equipment, and travel that may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, keeping talented…

— Mary Pilon

Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are…

— Mary Pilon

As the issue of youth fitness - from obesity to proper exercise regimens - takes on more resonance in schools and communities…

— Mary Pilon

The greatest obstacle in 'Tetris' is time and one's own ability to navigate it - kind of like life itself.

— Mary Pilon

Long before social media made things like bib replication easier, banditing at major races was viewed as a brave act. Rebellious runners…

— Mary Pilon

Wall Street trading floors have long been seen as bastions of testosterone that rewarded, literally, those with sharp elbows who could throw…

— Mary Pilon

Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get…

— Mary Pilon

I'm astonished at how quickly the Great Recession came and went.

— Mary Pilon

Women in finance bore the brunt of layoffs more than their male counterparts during the Great Recession in 2008 and were also…

— Mary Pilon

There are good reasons for not wanting to host the Olympics. The Games can be costly and, in spite of their patriotic…

— Mary Pilon

In the 1880s, women were decades away from earning the right to vote. Few owned property - if they were even permitted…

— Mary Pilon

To drive a semi-truck, a driver needs a commercial driver's license. While formal training isn't required, most drivers enroll in a program…

— Mary Pilon

When George Hirsch ran the New York City Marathon in 1976, the first year the course snaked through all five boroughs, the…

— Mary Pilon

For professional athletes, the motives for cheating generally are more obvious: money, fame, and often a low likelihood of being caught. But…

— Mary Pilon

Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.

— Mary Pilon

Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow.

— Mary Pilon