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Mary Pilon

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Eugene, Ore., The United States

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Nonfiction, Sports, Business

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Mary Pilon is a journalist focused primarily on the worlds of sports and business. She is the author of the bestselling books "The Monopolists" and "The Kevin Show," the co-editor of “Losers: Dispatches From the Other Side of the Scoreboard,” and co-host and co-author of the audio series “Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Brought Him Down.” Her work regularly appears in the New Yorker, Esquire, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Vice, New York, and The New York Times, among other publications.

She has worked as a producer with NBC at the 2016 Rio Olympics and on HBO’s forthcoming documentary “BS High.” She is currently co-directing a documentary about pickleball for Peter Berg’s Film 45.

Pilon previously was a staff reporter with Th ...more

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	The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher (Goodreads Author), Mary Pilon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 15,474 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down by Mary Pilon (Goodreads Author), Carla Correa 4.45 avg rating — 1,580 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game 3.71 avg rating — 1,614 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs In Sports History by Mike Pesca, Shira Springer (Narrator), Peter Thomas Fornatale (Narrator) 3.42 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness 3.50 avg rating — 197 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard by Mary Pilon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Louisa Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.46 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomato Can Blues by Mary Pilon (Goodreads Author), Bobby Cannavale (Narrator) 2.75 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane McGonigal: The Kindle Singles Interview 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In a family or other small group, altruism prevails, but the farther away a person gets from an individual, the less altruistic he or she behaves toward them.”
― Mary Pilon, The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

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“All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon.” —VOLTAIRE”
― Mary Pilon, The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

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“Competitive capitalism is the best economic system in the world, but it is constantly being undermined by greedy monopolists.”
― Mary Pilon, The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

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