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Mark Aguirre Was Never Going To Fail
This feature originally appeared in the March 31, 1981 edition of Inside Sports. It appears here with the author’s permission....
How<i> Rear Window </i>Made Us All Voyeurs And Detectives
This review originally appeared in the Oct. 11, 1983 issue of The Boston Phoenix. It appears here with the author’s permission....
When LeBron James Left Cleveland, Rage Was The Only Option
The following is excerpted from You’re Welcome, Cleveland: How I Helped LeBron James Win a Championship and Save a City, by Scott Raab. The book is available now on Amazon....
What Kobe Bryant Was Capable Of
The story originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times Magazine on Oct. 31, 2004 and can be found in Kaye’s ebook anthology, Men: What They Do, How They Think, And Why. It is republished here with the author’s permission....
“I Make Women Bud And Bloom”: An Afternoon With Jane Fonda's Lousy First Husband
This piece was originally published in The Chicago Tribune in the late 1960s and can be found in the collection, Latins Are Still Lousy Lovers. It appears here with permission from the author’s estate....
The Game That Brought Jim Bouton Back From Exile
This profile originally appeared in the June 12, 1978 issue of New Times. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
The Sidewinder
The forthcoming Lee Morgan documentary will really blow you away. Meanwhile, listen to this. ...
Richard Price Goes to the Movies
Here are a couple of cool pieces from the novelist Richard Price: “Gorgo, Warhol, Rocky, and Me,” his funny and charming 1982 American Film meditation on a life spent going to the movies:...
....And, We’re Back
It’s been awhile but The Stacks is back and ready to roll. I’ve been keeping busy this past year editing and curating Esquire Classic, the magazine’s digital archives. It is a subscription site but every so often there’s a piece that is free, and I will be sure to hip you to those—like Stanley Booth...
The Greatest Writing About The Greatest
Muhammad Ali, the greatest athlete of the 20th century, was to writers of his time what the Madonna and Child were to painters of the Renaissance. Everyone took a crack at Ali. Here at The Stacks, we’re been honored to curate Ali stories that previously weren’t available online. Our collection makes...
The Only Book You’ll Ever Need to Read About The Rolling Stones
Rich Cohen writes books that are hard to put down. From Tough Jews and The Record Men to his hilarious memoir, Sweet and Low: A Family Story, to the boss appreciation of the 1985 Chicago Bears, Cohen is smart, funny, and above all, entertaining. His latest combines memoir, critical and social analys...
The Time Hunter S. Thompson Passed Out In A Pool And Missed The Rumble In The Jungle
The classic 1974 Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire attracted, among other things, famous writers like Norman Mailer and George Plimpton and even ol’ Hunter Thompson. But while Mailer and Plimpton and the rest of the world marveled at Ali’s command performance, Thompson, well, he experienced the fight as on...
If You Never Liked <i>Once Upon A Time In America</i>, Give The Director's Cut A Chance
Michael Sragow’s review of the director’s cut of Once Upon a Time in America appeared in the March 5, 1985 edition of The Boston Phoenix and appears here with the author’s permission. ...
The First Three <i>Rocky</i> Movies Were Nothing But White Wish Fulfillment
This piece originally appeared in the August, 1982 issue of Film Comment. It is reprinted here with permission. ...
The Legend of Swee' Pea
Benjamin May’s documentary about Llyod Daniels—executive produced by Carmelo Anthony—will play tomorrow night at DOC: NYC tomorrow night, November 19th....
College Football Is My Terrible Boyfriend
Excerpted from Diane Roberts’s new book, Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America, now on sale....
A Q&A With One Of The Best Sports Photographers To Ever Do It
The good people at Taschen have decided to show us more of sports photographer Neil Leifer’s work, and this is a very good thing. We’re in the thick of football season now, and I can think of no finer accompaniment than Leifer’s collection, Guts & Glory: The Golden Age of American Football, which tr...
New York State of Mind
Mugged, mugging. I remember hearing those words all the time growing up. Always aware that it could happen, that it would happen. When it did, getting mugged didn’t mean you’d be killed, just that someone would take your shit, probably beat you up, too....
Lucky Strike: On The Road With Vic Ziegel
Vic Ziegel got around. His career in journalism spanned more than 40 years. Vic worked at the New York Post, New York Daily News and New York Magazine. He also contributed to Rolling Stone and Inside Sports and co-wrote a funny book with Lew Grossberger called The Non-Runner’s Book. He was, at vario...