Jul 26 2014
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This fun little Joe Posnanski bit about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is both an excellent close read of Elsa the Nazi's motivations and a bite-size lesson about epistemology. [Joe Blogs] Read more
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Mar 6 2014
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A few years ago, Joe Posnanski—formerly a Kansas City sportswriter, and today famous as a JoePa apologist—interviewed…
Jul 20 2013
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Here's Joe Posnanski's Tony Pena story. It originally ran in the Kansas City Star back in 2003. Joe reprinted it on…
Jun 7 2013
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Jan 17 2013
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We learned back in September that Joe Posnanski's book Paterno would be hitting the big screen, and that Al Pacino…
Sep 7 2012
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We could have anticipated many of the byproducts of the Penn State scandal—flawed apologies, spunky T-shirts, cardboa…
Aug 20 2012
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Joe Posnanski has written a mostly sympathetic biography of Joe Paterno, which shouldn't be a surprise, given some…
Aug 19 2012
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We've obtained a copy of Joe Posnanski's book, Paterno, which is scheduled for release Tuesday. We've already shared…
Jul 27 2012
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Do you like reading about sports on the internet? Of course you do. So go visit Sports On Earth, that mysterious USA…
Jul 23 2012
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Joe Posnanski is having a hard time coming by any good news these days. The latest? The book tour and media…
Jul 17 2012
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The first review of Joe Posnanksi's Joe Paterno biography is in and it isn't good: Offered first serial rights to a…
Apr 27 2012
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Joe Posnanski didn't go to Happy Valley to write about the unhappy end of Joe Pateno's life and career. He intended…
Mar 30 2012
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Posnanski confirmed his departure after approximately three years at SI in a phone conversation with The Big Lead.…
Jan 25 2012
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Sports Illustrated's Joe Posnanski is in a tough spot. He's a gifted writer and by all appearances a decent guy. His…
Nov 10 2011
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There is no more telling fact than PSU having a regular class about Joe Paterno. Comm 497G: Joe Paterno,…
Oct 5 2011
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In our weekly excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, noted author and occasional NFL roundtabler Stefan…
Sep 21 2011
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It's like Sabermetric Christmas: "Yes, he was driven nuts early and often, and he raged back with a sort of funny,…
Sep 6 2011
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Joe Posnanski presents a backhanded defense of the old-fashioned statistic of baseball pitchers' wins today. True,…
Dec 7 2010
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Last Wednesday, a storm hit the Northeast. Two esteemed sports writers were stranded in different cities, but…
Jul 26 2010
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Of a guy he doesn't much like, Posnanski writes: "Mitch Albom inspired me to become a sportswriter. Mitch Albom…