Erik Malinowski is a sports features writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Deadspin, Slate, BuzzFeed, and others. His first book, Betaball: How Silicon Valley and Science Built One of the Greatest Basketball Teams in History, is out October 3, 2017 from Atria Books/Simon & Schuster. His work has been recognized in three editions of the Best American Sports Writing anthology. He lives near San Francisco.