Beau Dure

Beau Dure learned everything he needs to know about life while stuffed into the overhead compartment of a bus while writing "Enduring Spirit," a book about the Washington Spirit's first season. He also wrote a youth soccer book called "Single-Digit Soccer" (it's both funny and angry), "Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer" and several pieces for The Guardian, OZY, Four Four Two, ESPN, Bleacher Report and his own blogs SportsMyriad and Mostly Modern Media. He's best known for his decade at USA TODAY, where he wrote about Icelandic handball.