My name is Ian Casselberry, and I'm a freelance writer, living in Asheville, NC. Before that, I lived almost all of my life in Ann Arbor, MI.
This is my personal website and blog, where I generally write about non-sports topics and whatever else intrigues me (especially when it exceeds 140 characters). I enjoy writing about movies, current events, media, pop culture and personal experiences. I try to post three to four times a week, though don't always meet that goal.
Currently, I'm a contributor to Yahoo! Sports baseball blog, Big League Stew, writing several posts a week on Major League Baseball. Additionally, I write for SB Nation Detroit on a regular basis, posting breaking news stories, blog entries and opinion pieces.
I have also contributed to MLive.com's Detroit Tigers coverage, where I wrote a weekly column, compiled bi-weekly daily links posts, and helped moderate live game blogs.
Previously, I was the managing editor of Bless You Boys, a SB Nation sports blog dedicated to covering the Detroit Tigers. My work on the Tigers has led to features on ESPN.com, USA Today Sports Weekly, Yahoo! Sports and Maple Street Press' Tigers Annual.
I've also worked in traditional media, as a feature writer and columnist for the now-defunct Motor City Sports magazine. Much of my work involved covering the 2006 Detroit Tigers, who went to the World Series. I've also covered the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Lions, as well as college and prep sports.
This blogging thing began for me in 2004, with the site Fried Rice Thoughts. A year later, I authored a Detroit-centric sports blog titled Sweaty Men Endeavors (the sports blog with the slightly gay name), which was featured in the Metro Times in December of 2005.
Someday, I will write that novel, which is presumably why I attended the University of Iowa (and ran up a bunch of loans), studying with its Writers Workshop.
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