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Dan Murphy

Investigative Reporter, ESPN
Board Member

Dan Murphy is a writer and reporter at ESPN where he’s covered a variety of sports, athletes and off-the-field issues since 2014. His work has been honored with a Peabody Award and an IRE Sports Investigation of the Year Award among others. His first book, Start By Believing, won the EVAWI National Media Award in 2020. Dan played football, hockey and baseball while growing up in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Most nights of his youth were spent at a game, either playing or watching one of his four siblings play. He currently lives in Michigan, where he enjoys playing hockey, climbing and hiking.

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Help us countdown to our biggest summer yet with a gift to our Summer of Play campaign. Your gift not only supports free youth sports equipment and summer programming, but it also goes twice as far with a match through June 21st 

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Get your team together and join us for a volunteer session this summer. Contact us at info@levelingtheplayingfield.org to learn about setting up a volunteer session
This summer, we want to provide 50,000 kids with t This summer, we want to provide 50,000 kids with the sports equipment they need to play all summer long! 🔅

On June 1st, we're starting our countdown to summer with our Summer of Play fundraiser. From June 1st to 21st, all donations go twice as far thanks to an anonymous donor providing a $20,000 match 🏅

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