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Carl Yastrzemski's Silent Summer
This piece was originally published in the October 30, 1978 of the New Times. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
What Broke Donnie Moore?
This piece was originally published in the February, 1990 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
Marvin Gaye's Abiding Unrest
This piece was first published in May 8, 1984 issue of the The Village Voice. It is also included in Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z, edited by Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar....
Claressa Shields Is The Real Million Dollar Baby
From the new anthology, Bittersweet Science, edited by Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra....
Richard Price’s Third Act
This piece originally appeared in the June 1992 issue of Vanity Fair. It is republished here with the author’s permission....
The Day The War Came For Muhammad Ali
The following is excerpted from Leigh Montville’s new book, Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. The United States of America, 1966-71....
“Hello, This is Madonna. May I Speak to Steve?”
I love anthologies of magazine journalism but you don’t see them published much these days and that’s a damn shame. Safe to say everyone around these parts is grateful to the university presses for keeping the fine tradition alive. We have Mercer University Press to thank for A Man’s World, an enter...
Herschel Walker Doesn’t Tap Out
This article was originally published in the December 2011 issue of Playboy and is featured in Oney’s new anthology, A Man’s World. It appears here with the author’s permission. ...
The End Of Pete Maravich, A Prisoner Of His Own Skills
This article originally appeared in the premiere issue of Inside Sports (April, 1980) and appears here with permission from the author’s estate....
Cool Old Movie Review: Pauline Kael On <i>Tampopo</i>
This review originally appeared in the New Yorker and appears here with permission from the author’s estate. And be sure to cop the new Blu-ray edition of Tampopo from the Criterion Collection. ...
The Coach I Never Forgot
Sheik Caputo never saw Paris or the Pyramids, but he did make it to New York for the 1956 World Series, and that was as far as he ever wanted to travel. The Series was one of those sustaining events, like outrunning his son when 50 was on the horizon and the kid could fly. It gave him faith even tho...
The Gospel According To Bill Hicks
Originally published as “The Gospel According to Hicks” in the September, 1994 issue of GQ, this profile appears here with the author’s permission....
An Opening Day Medley Of Great Baseball Stories
To celebrate Opening Day, dig into our trove of profiles of some of the game’s most enduring characters—from Ty Cobb and Pete Reiser to Doc Ellis and Steve Carlton. ...
There Was No Escaping Ted Williams
This piece, originally published as “The World’s Richest Problem Child” in Newsweek, is featured in The John Lardner Reader: A Press Box Legend’s Classic Sportswriting, and appears here with permission from the author’s estate....
James Baldwin Was An Honest Man And A Good Writer
This article was originally featured in the August 1988 issue of GQ and appears here with the author’s permission....
The Gifts Jimmy Breslin Gave Me
It is hard to realize just how far away New York is by every conceivable measure unless you are in Salt Lake City when you are introduced to the world Jimmy Breslin populated with characters, con men and crusaders. I felt the sense of distance for the first time more than half a century ago, and it ...
Jimmy Breslin Was New York City
Legendary New York City newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin died on Sunday at the age of 88. This profile originally appeared in the November, 1987 issue of GQ and appears here with permission from the author....
J.B. Number One
Jimmy Breslin is dead at the age of 88. Dan Barry has a fine obituary in the Times:...