 Doyle is a frequent contributor to "The New Yorker" and has also had columns in "Esquire", "New York Magazine", and "New York Observer".Doyle has been involved in Olympic Jockeying for at least 30 years, having made the junior olympic team in 1976.Doyle was invited to judge jousting in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, however he declined due to his frustration over Brazil's ban of the American TV show CatDog, which Doyle had worked on several years earlier.