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Spanish Soccer Dads Celebrate Father's Day By Beating Each Other UpA game between Spanish youth sides Alaró and Collerense was interrupted and later canceled yesterday after a bunch of riled up sports parents got into a big brawl. El Confidencial reports that an Alaró player made a hard tackle, which sparked an argument. The argument then roped in a herd of overeag...

Father's Day Gifts, RankedHey, Father’s Day is on Sunday! Wait, you are saying, suddenly even more sweaty, confused, and anachronistic than usual—aren’t we in April? Aren’t we in April of 2013? No, we are not in April of 2013. We are in June of ... [fumbles with phone for five embarrassing minutes] oh, wow, 2015! that’s bana...

Daddy Was The CoachWe conclude our Father's Day series with the following excerpt from John Ed Bradley's wonderful memoir, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium. (And in case you missed 'em, check out previous entries from Paul Hemphill, Pat Jordan, Mark Kram Jr., Glenn Stout, Larry L. King, Eric Neel, and yours truly.) ...

Fathers and Sons

Thanks to the good people at Harper's for making the late Larry L. King's classic piece, "The Old Man" available to us for free:...

My Old Man, On The Scales: Was My Racist Truck-Driver Father A Hero?

Here's a Father's Day treat from the late, great Paul Hemphill. From The Good Old Boys, published in 1974....

Good Old Sidney

Here's a story I wrote a few years ago about watching Dog Day Afternoon on TV late one afternoon with my Dad:...

Last Pitch

A week of Father's Day stories continues. This little gem comes from Glenn Stout:...

Dad's Last Visit

Another Father's Day story. This one by Pat Jordan. "Dad's Visit," originally published in AARP back in 2006:...