 Before becoming a newspaper columnist, he worked on the editorial staff at "Rolling Stone" magazine (assistant editor, 1970) where he wrote "Voice Denies Nixon Drug Use," "Rags" magazine, "Oui", a "Playboy" spinoff (editor, 1972); "The Village Voice" (West Coast editor, 1974); "WomenSports" magazine (Consulting editor); and "New West" magazine (editor, 1978, where he won a National Magazine Award in 1979).On Friday, October 30, 2015, Carroll wrote