Longreads Best of 2013: Award for Outstanding Reporting

## Ryan Leaf’s Jailhouse Confessions, Written By His Cell Mate

## 瑞安·利夫 (Ryan Leaf) 在监狱里的自白，由他的狱友撰写

John Cagney Nash | Playboy | September 2013 | 19 minutes (4,710 words)

约翰·卡格尼·纳什 | 约翰·卡格尼·纳什花花公子 | 2013 年 9 月 | 19 分钟（4,710 字）

Flinder Boyd (@FlinderBoyd) is a journalist for SB Nation, Sports on Earth, and the BBC among others.

Flinder Boyd (@FlinderBoyd) 是 SB Nation、Sports on Earth 和 BBC 等媒体的记者。

Athletes and sports writers usually come from two completely different professional worlds and as a result there is often an emotional wall between the two of them.

运动员和体育作家通常来自两个完全不同的职业世界，因此他们两人之间常常存在情感之墙。

At times, on the page, it can almost read as if two are speaking vastly different languages.

有时，在页面上，读起来几乎就像两个人在说截然不同的语言。

The British journalist John Cagney Nash solved this problem by somehow landing himself in the same jail in Montana as Ryan Leaf, the one-time future of the NFL and now its biggest draft bust.

英国记者约翰·卡格尼·纳什（John Cagney Nash）解决了这个问题，他以某种方式将自己与瑞安·利夫（Ryan Leaf）关进了蒙大拿州的同一所监狱，瑞安·利夫曾经是美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）的未来，现在是其最大的选秀失败。

Over the course of a few months the two became friends and Leaf was able to open up with his fellow inmate in a way we rarely get to read about.

几个月后，两人成为了朋友，利夫能够以一种我们很少读到的方式与他的狱友敞开心扉。

For years since Leaf’s retirement he’s been seen as little more than a pathetic example for all that can go wrong with the draft.

自从利夫退休以来，多年来他一直被视为选秀中可能出现的所有问题的一个可悲的例子。

Thanks to Nash’s deft touch we’re able see him as human, and at times Leaf’s honesty is downright heartbreaking.

多亏了纳什的灵巧触感，我们才能将他视为一个人，有时利夫的诚实令人心碎。

Illustration by Jason Mecier

杰森·梅西尔插图