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Mike Piellucci

Mike Piellucci

Sports Editor, D Magazine

Mike Piellucci is D Magazine's sports editor. He is a former staffer at The Athletic and VICE, and his freelance work has been featured in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Los Angeles Magazine and The Ringer. A Dallas native, he is a graduate of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and the University of Southern California. He’s a big fan of Star Wars and Johnny Cash.

Stories by Mike Piellucci

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Baseball

The Rangers’ Ongoing Refusal to Hold a Pride Night Is More Than An Outreach Failure

A new story by The Athletic examines why the Rangers are baseball's last holdouts. The damage is internal, not just external.
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Basketball

What I’m Watching: the Mavericks at the NBA Draft

Plus: the Rangers take on one of baseball's toughest aces, while the Wings search for momentum out west.
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Radio

Farewell to Norm Hitzges, Who Was (And Is) Timeless

The sports radio legend will broadcast his last show next Friday. It's the end of an era.
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Baseball

The Rotation, the Outfield, and the Young Gun on the Mound: A Texas Rangers Conversation

The season is in full swing, so StrongSide's editor and Rangers writer reconvened to talk about life after deGrom, the trade market, the outfield, and Owen White's arrival

Stories by Mike Piellucci

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Baseball

The Rangers Bet Big on an Outlier. Now Jacob deGrom Must Become One Again.

No one has ever pitched like Jacob deGrom. Now Texas needs him to author a comeback unlike any other, too.
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Golf

No, the Saudis Didn’t Buy Frisco

The PGA Tour-LIV merger is going to shake up a lot of things in golf. Just not much in the new home of American golf.
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Baseball

What I’m Watching: Rarefied Horned Frogs Air

Plus: a stiff road test for the Wings, while the Rangers take on the AL West's pitching phenom.
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Football

Yes, Everyone Hated the Cowboys’ Draft as Much as You Think

There’s data and everything. Even if Dallas happens to be good at this particular thing.