Brian O'Keefe

Seems like a good morning to re-share this cover story I wrote for Esquire last year: Caleb Williams on the Chicago Bears, Playing the Long Game, and Super Bowl Aspirations esquire.com/sports/a643044…

Remembering one of the coolest of them all: esquire.com/entertainment/…

If you’re going to see ‘Nobody 2’ tonight, or if you loved ‘Better Call Saul’ and/or ‘Mr. Show with Bob and David,’ you might want to check out my recent interview with Bob Odenkirk: esquire.com/entertainment/…

“If I don't do hard things, am I actually pursuing art?” For @esquire, I spoke with @BrandSanderson about taking big swings in WIND AND TRUTH, the fantasy genre's biggest publishing event since 2011. @torbooks esquire.com/entertainment/…

So excited to see that my ⁦@esquire⁩ feature on AI girlfriends is "Story of the Month" on Apple News 🥳🎉

A must-read from the brilliant @mlevram, who went deep into the brave new world of AI relationships.

Nothing is better than a great college football game—except one that ends with a sensational Hail Mary touchdown. esquire.com/sports/a621928…

If you haven't ever read this incredible story, you should. If you haven't read it in a while, it's worth re-reading today.

“Retailers have already backed themselves too far into a corner for them to admit defeat.”

I like to think that I, too, am still evolving.

It's the first day of summer and it's sweltering in NYC. That makes it a perfect day to check out this very cool summer style guide, which is jam-packed with fun reads and advice on how to look way hipper than I do. esquire.com/style/big-blac…

A 1973 classic about the Say Hey Kid. esquire.com/sports/a409693…

“I thought I’d succeed where my father had failed; I’d show him, I thought, never considering that his flaws could be instructive.” esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/…

"In an age of the unreal and the fake, the AI-doctored and the dubiously sourced, slap fighting—a sport in which two men stand over a pedestal or a barrel and take turns slapping each other and being slapped—is indisputably really freaking real."

Gabe Kaplan on How Meeting Boxer Jack Dempsey Changed His Life esquire.com/entertainment/…

"The company has been a tech darling for years, but its recent growth is next level. Revenues in 2023 more than doubled to $61 billion dollars, from an already robust $27 billion the year before."

"The thing is, Butler wants to be a particular kind of star. Not just a celebrity. Not just an actor."

“Esquire paid Capote $25,000 for the story, but the cost to him was incalculable, beginning with his expulsion from a world he seemed to value above all others.” nytimes.com/2024/01/26/nyr…

As a lifelong Alabama fan, I was lucky to have my team coached by Nick Saban—the best to ever do it. As a journalist, I had the opportunity to get an inside look at what made him so successful, and write about it. fortune.com/2024/01/10/lea…

@GaryGulman is serious about comedy. I got a chance to go deep with him on his new special, his new book, and his unhealthy resentment toward billionaires and the one percent.