Sol Neelman (b.1970) is surely one of the most unusual sports photographers in America: the failed athlete turned sports photographer has a passion for offbeat sports people play in their spare time, which he subsumes them under the blanket label "Weird Sports." After a decade as a newspaper staff photographer, he went freelance, which has given him the freedom to pursue his lifelong photo project on sports culture around the world.
Neelman lives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Named a Macarthur Fellow in 1998, he was also honored for distinguished achievement in nonfiction writing by the Lannan Literary Foundation. Professor Davis is the author of more than 20 books and more than 100 book chapters and essays in the scholarly and elite popular press. His scholarly interest span urban studies, the built environment, economic history and social movements. Perhaps his best known book, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles was named a best book in urban politics by the American Political Science Association and won the Isaac Deutscher Award from the London School of Economics and has been translated into eight languages.
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Brandy Rettig aka Rettig to Rumble is a roller derby player.Her resume includes being on the 2007 WFTDA western regional championship team (with Rat City), finishing 2nd at the WFTDA national championships (2007 with Rat City and again in 2010 with the Oly Rollers) and captaining her Grave Danger team to the 2007 Rat City Rollergirls league championship.
