Brandon Howard

Sports and journalism have always fascinated me. So naturally, it seemed fitting to combine the two and focus my effort on them. But being a sportswriter was never that compelling to me until I read "The Breaks of the Game" by David Halberstam my freshman year of college. The book had been mentioned on a few sports TV shows and even recommended by a couple of friends, but it still blew me away. I had never read about sports in such nuanced form before. His prose sucked you in, and it was a whirlwind read. Since that semester, I have been inspired to pursue a career in writing. Realizing that I needed to actually learn how to write, I focused on an area where I already had a concrete base of knowledge: sports. I have been an avid sports fan as far back as I can remember, and thanks to the exposure at the Traveler, I attained even more valuable sports tidbits when I was asked to cover track and gymnastics. I come from Little Rock, Arkansas, which requires by birthright an eternal devotion to the Razorbacks. However, I am a big proponent of accuracy in all forms of journalism, not just sportswriting. My top goal is to exclude any inherent bias I might have when writing about the Razorbacks or any of their opponents (except Texas, of course).