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Halberstam Takes Down Patrick Ewing David Halberstam was not a sports writer but he wrote about sports often. He was rarely vicious which makes this Page 2 column on Patrick Ewing stand out:...

Who in the Hell is Mel Kiper?!The late Ralph Wiley asked that question back in 2004 in this piece for Page 2:...

What Becomes a Legend Most?I've got a friend who doesn't watch the NBA much but has caught the first three games of the Finals and proclaims that LeBron James isn't as great as everyone says. Never mind that mind-numbing argument, here's a vintage Bill Simmons Page 2 column on what it was like growing up watching Larry Bird:...

ESPN Is Shuttering Page 2

ESPN.com's Page 2 is closing today. What that means for you depends on how old you are....

A Decade Of ESPN.com's Page 2

It's hard to believe tomorrow will be the 10th anniversary of ESPN's Page 2, a subsection of the world's biggest sports site that revolutionized a type of casual online sportswriting, and just as quickly disappeared off the face of the earth....

Anyone Want A Job Overseeing Page 2?

Because it's available. Or at least it was. I wonder if this position is not included in the "hiring freeze." [DisneyRecruitMax]...

Scoop Jackson Would Like To Get Real With You For A Minute

Buried at the bottom of Page 2 today is a clarification from columnist Scoop Jackson, who caused a veritable shitstorm thanks to his B.J. Upton column, when he haphazardly implied that Upton's laziness was a reason for young African-Americans to look up to him. Not really what he meant, of course, b...

Is The Jemele Hill Salary Figure Wrong?

The arrival of Jemele Hill to Page 2 has been surrounded with discussion, mostly because of her apparent salary, reported by The Big Lead as $400,000 over two years....