Thank you to readers everywhere; my family & friends; everyone at Atria Books who believed in me; all the indie booksellers who hosted events; and the people who lived this story & trusted me to tell it. This little underdog book has done it. We are a New York Times bestseller.

The Orioles, Pirates, and Mariners caught a stray last night near the end of Game 4 in LA. Ouch.

Fair to say, I knew this answer in the NYT crossword. 🤣🏀📚

I love my cat, but today she is making it very hard to work. 🐈‍⬛📚🐈‍⬛ #amwriting

The uniform game in this Padres-Brewers series is strong.

Time to get rid of indoor baseball. 🙄⚾️

Europe should charge the U.S. a tariff for sending them this NFL game.

Journalism matters. nytimes.com/2026/09/29/nyreg…

Thanks for having me on, @ZachLowe_NBA ☘️📚🏀

Tonight @ 7:30 with @bkravitz at Golden Hour Books and a few special guests from the 1979 Indiana State miracle team. Hope to see you!

The HEARTLAND tour will be back in Indiana for one night only on Mon 9/21 at 7:30 pm at Golden Hour Books in Indianapolis. I’ll be in convo with the great @bkravitz & a couple members of Indiana State’s 1979 miracle team might be there, too. RSVP today! goldenhourbooks.net/events/5…

I can’t wait to return to Cleveland and the @CuyahogaLib … Hope to see you at the Middleburg Heights branch on Weds, Sept. 23, at 7p. It should be a great night, talking about basketball, miracles & Larry Bird w/ @MacsBacks on hand selling copies of HEARTLAND. See u then! 🏀📚❤️

What a time to be alive.

Some people (me) imitate it every day.

Welp. I guess I’ve finally made it. My high school has invited me back for an event... I promise I’ll be more interesting than I was 35 years ago. And @JosephBethCincy will be on hand selling copies of CHARLIE HUSTLE and HEARTLAND. stxavier.org/keithobrien

Yo, Indiana! The HEARTLAND tour returns on Mon, Sept. 21, for a special event at Golden Hour Books in Indianapolis. I’ll be in conversation with the legendary Bob Kravitz & I’ve heard that we might get a special cameo from a couple members of the 1979 ISU team. Hope to see you!

Damn. We’ve lost Dolly Parton. Pour one out for an all-timer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrje2…

What’s happened to Cal Raleigh this season will be the subject of SABR studies for years to come. Last year, these numbers read: .247–60–125–.948.

Welcome to today’s edition of Tell Me You’re an Author Without Telling Me You’re an Author.

For HEARTLAND, I interviewed Don Nelson—because he was close with Larry Bird’s college coach & first crossed paths w/ Bird in 1976. This is my favorite Nellie story because it reveals the core of his character: He was a Midwestern kid who didn’t take himself too seriously. 🏀📚🙏

Hey, Kennebunkport! The HEARTLAND tour resumes this week at the Graves Library in Maine! Hope to see you Thursday, August 13, at 7:30p, for a fun night talking about basketball, miracles & Larry Bird. Register in advance at this link! 🦞📚🏀 graveslibrary.org/event/auth…