Eilís O'NeillReporterEmail EmailEilís O'Neill is a contributor to Only A Game.Recently publishedFormer H.S. Hoops Star On Race, Education — And Her Vision For A Better School“I didn’t feel like people kind of understood what I was going through," Kimijah King says of her time at a top Seattle private school. ResumeOnly A Game12:41Jul 17, 2020Indigenous Runners Rosalie Fish And Jordan Marie Daniel Run For Their PeopleRosalie Fish used to run for herself. Then she began to run for Indigenous people — and for missing and murdered Indigenous women.ResumeOnly A Game13:26Jan 3, 2020Rat City Roller Derby Looks For A New HomeRoller derby leagues have a new nemesis: Gentrification. Reporter Eilís O'Neill brings us the story of a Seattle league that's looking for a new home. ResumeOnly A Game09:23Nov 15, 2019While Homeless, Leigh Ann Harris Found Strength In RunningLeigh Ann Harris set a goal of completing seven marathons. That goal became a lot more difficult when she lost her apartment and ended up in a homeless shelter.ResumeOnly A Game09:31May 31, 2019#JusticeForJimmy: A Community Grieves For Its Basketball Star"What if things were reversed?" Cory Smith wonders. "What if these Indian kids ran over this white man?"ResumeOnly A Game09:57Mar 1, 2019AdvertisementAfter Achieving Chess Fame, 'Queen Of Katwe' Takes New PathPhiona Mutesi rose to fame as a chess prodigy. A Disney movie was made about her life. But now Mutesi has mostly moved beyond chess.ResumeOnly A Game08:43Jan 11, 2019Inside The Allegations Against Former UW Track CoachUniversity of Washington cross country and track head coach Greg Metcalf stepped down in May. His former runners say his intensity as a coach often crossed the line between motivation...ResumeOnly A Game12:54Aug 3, 2018Kate Landau Runs Toward Healthier TimesIn high school and college, Kate Landau was a nationally ranked distance runner. Everyone expected her to go pro. But, then, an eating disorder threatened to take all of that...ResumeOnly A Game09:34Jan 12, 2018In Detroit, One Boxer Tries To Fight ViolenceNearly 40 percent of Detroiters live below the poverty line, and for years the city was considered the most violent in the country. One boxer is trying to change that.ResumeOnly A Game09:21Aug 19, 2016Sprinter Brittany Steele's Heart Can't Keep Her From RunningMany athletes have quirks that make them better at sports. But what happens when an athlete’s body works against them? Reporter Eilís O’Neill has the story of Haverford College sprinter...ResumeOnly A Game08:13Feb 27, 2016Next Page
Former H.S. Hoops Star On Race, Education — And Her Vision For A Better School“I didn’t feel like people kind of understood what I was going through," Kimijah King says of her time at a top Seattle private school. ResumeOnly A Game12:41Jul 17, 2020
Indigenous Runners Rosalie Fish And Jordan Marie Daniel Run For Their PeopleRosalie Fish used to run for herself. Then she began to run for Indigenous people — and for missing and murdered Indigenous women.ResumeOnly A Game13:26Jan 3, 2020
Rat City Roller Derby Looks For A New HomeRoller derby leagues have a new nemesis: Gentrification. Reporter Eilís O'Neill brings us the story of a Seattle league that's looking for a new home. ResumeOnly A Game09:23Nov 15, 2019
While Homeless, Leigh Ann Harris Found Strength In RunningLeigh Ann Harris set a goal of completing seven marathons. That goal became a lot more difficult when she lost her apartment and ended up in a homeless shelter.ResumeOnly A Game09:31May 31, 2019
#JusticeForJimmy: A Community Grieves For Its Basketball Star"What if things were reversed?" Cory Smith wonders. "What if these Indian kids ran over this white man?"ResumeOnly A Game09:57Mar 1, 2019
After Achieving Chess Fame, 'Queen Of Katwe' Takes New PathPhiona Mutesi rose to fame as a chess prodigy. A Disney movie was made about her life. But now Mutesi has mostly moved beyond chess.ResumeOnly A Game08:43Jan 11, 2019
Inside The Allegations Against Former UW Track CoachUniversity of Washington cross country and track head coach Greg Metcalf stepped down in May. His former runners say his intensity as a coach often crossed the line between motivation...ResumeOnly A Game12:54Aug 3, 2018
Kate Landau Runs Toward Healthier TimesIn high school and college, Kate Landau was a nationally ranked distance runner. Everyone expected her to go pro. But, then, an eating disorder threatened to take all of that...ResumeOnly A Game09:34Jan 12, 2018
In Detroit, One Boxer Tries To Fight ViolenceNearly 40 percent of Detroiters live below the poverty line, and for years the city was considered the most violent in the country. One boxer is trying to change that.ResumeOnly A Game09:21Aug 19, 2016
Sprinter Brittany Steele's Heart Can't Keep Her From RunningMany athletes have quirks that make them better at sports. But what happens when an athlete’s body works against them? Reporter Eilís O’Neill has the story of Haverford College sprinter...ResumeOnly A Game08:13Feb 27, 2016
