Introduction
Drew Magary is an American journalist, humor columnist, and novelist. He is a columnist for Deadspin and a correspondent for GQ and has written three novels.
Early life
Drew Magary attended Colby College where he majored in English.
Career
Journalism
Magary is a correspondent for GQ magazine. Magary interviewed Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson for GQ and the article became widely covered for Robertson's comments. Magary is also a columnist for the sports website Deadspin, and often writes material for the site with a humorous bent. In addition to the main Deadspin site, he also contributes to its culture sub-site The Concourse and humor sub-site Adequate Man. His "Why Your Team Sucks" column is one of the most popular columns on Deadspin, in which he roasts every NFL team and mocks their weaknesses.
He has also written articles for NBC, Maxim, the NFL humor site Kissing Suzy Kolber, Rolling Stone, Comedy Central, New York, ESPN, Yahoo!, Playboy, The Atlantic, The Atlantic and Penthouse.
Chopped
In 2012, Magary applied to appear on an amateurs episode of the cooking competition show Chopped. He posted the answers to the application's questions in an installment of his humor column on Deadspin.
In April 2015, Magary appeared on the ninth episode of Chopped's 22nd season, which featured other amateur home cooks, and won the episode's $10,000 prize. After the episode aired, his Deadspin colleague and former NFL player Chris Kluwe posted a satirical review of the episode.