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Christopher Guest And Bill Murray Make Funny
In addition to our regular mix of sports and pop culture posts this week we're going to highlight comedians and other funny people. This is something I want to do periodically because there are a bunch of wonderful magazine profiles on comics that are worth sharing. ...
Candy
Here's Gary Cartwright's classic 1976 Texas Monthly story on Candy Barr:...
All The Right Moves--And A Few Wrong Ones--With Pat Jordan
In 1996, Pat Jordan wrote a story on Joe Torre for the New York Times magazine. It wasn't a long profile or a particularly memorable one. By Pat's own admission, it is a minor piece. The story did not make the cut for a collection of Pat's sports writing that I edited; in fact, it didn't make the B-...
The Curious Childhood Of An 11-Year Old Beauty Queen
Pat Jordan's 1994 story for LIFE magazine. ...
Keef Riffhard
Here's a good piece on Keith Richards' memoir by Rich Cohen:...
What Happens When Teammates Rape A Teammate?
This piece originally ran at The Sport Spectacle....
I Gotta Rock
Kid Koala with the funkiest Halloween record of them all. ...
Boo!
I don’t go for horror movies. Sure, I watched a mess of them when I was a kid—The Exorcist, The Omen, and Rosemary’s Baby. I also saw Halloween and Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I Spit On Your Grave, all that stuff and more. I had a stronger constitution then. Now, I just don’t like ...
A Christmas Carol And The Yankee Stadium Ticket Stub
Today gives a choice find over at Forgotten Bookmarks. ...
Random Football Rap Lyric Of The Day
In honor of Ghostface's first record, released on this date in 1996....
It's Gotta Be The Shoes
Old kicks on the wall at a running store in New Mexico....
The Art of Storytelling
Check out the Something to Write Home About series over at the beautiful site, Pictory Mag....
