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October 30, 2012

Closing the Gap

Like the quarterbacks he covers, ESPN's Seth Wickersham wants to make the leap from good to great.

Andrew Kahn

NFL quarterbacks are the most covered athletes in all of sports—and it's not even particularly close. There is so much coverage of this elite group that it can be tempting to skim through the articles, but you might want to check the byline first. If Seth Wickersham wrote it, it's probably worth your time. Last year, the ESPN The Magazine features writer wrote stories about Michael Vick's prison experience and Matt Ryan's quest to become the best. "I saw a little of myself in Matt Ryan," says Wickersham, who was born in Boulder, Colorado, and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. "I think I'm good at what I do and I want to be great at it."







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