Bill Donahue is a writer for Outside, Harper’s, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and more…
Skier Bill Johnson won the gold medal in the downhill in the 1984 Olympics. Then in 1999, when he was 39 years old and ravaged by years of hard drinking, he tried to make a comeback. He crashed, incurring permanent brain damage.
Outside
Edited by Laura Hohnhold. Photo by Michael Lewis.
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My great-great-uncle, Tim Donahue, played catcher for the major league Chicago Colts in the 1890s. When he came to bat once in 1899, according to the Chicago Tribune, “It appeared as though the select party on top of a neighboring building would jump off in excess of delight.” Edited by Bob Hicks.
The Oregonian
Edited by Bob Hicks.
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In 1974, in the waning days of the Nixon administration, I attempted to become the pogo stick jumping champion of the world.
Northwest Magazine
Edited by Barry Johnson.
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