BRAD BOTKIN is a staff editor at CBSSports.com and a senior writer at Rylin Media, a sports publishing company that has sold more than 500,000 commemorative, first-to-market championship books. Brad is also a consultant and contributing writer for the United States Olympic Committee, and in addition to ghostwriting the life story of three-time lottery winner Audrey Garlick, he recently authored his debut novel. Since graduating from Sonoma State University in 2003, Brad has worked at both newspapers and magazines as a sports writer/editor while also freelancing for various websites and publications, including ESPN the Magazine. In 2008. he was selected as a finalist in California’s CNPA Better Newspaper Writers contest.