essay - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

This Old ManNice piece by Roger Angell in the latest issue of the New Yorker:...

The HaircutPat Jordan gets a haircut:...

The Tao Of Bobby OrrFrom Andrew Cohen over at the Atlantic:...

Why I Quit The Major Leagues

During my first year in the major leagues, I was twice sent back down to the minors. This is common for rookies, especially if their competition for a roster spot is doing well—and I was playing behind Darwin Barney, who was chasing the record for the most consecutive games at second base without an...

Zinsser Remembers The New York Herald Tribune

Dig this most excellent essay on the old New York Herald Tribune by William Zinsser (who wrote a helpful book about writing):...

Open Court

Here’s a nice little essay by Geoff Dyer:...

V. S. Naipaul on Writing

"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it."...

Dream A Little Dream With Joan Didion

Found online: Joan Didion’s famous 1966 piece for the Saturday Evening Post, “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream.”...