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John O'Hara Told The Truth About His Time
My father didn't care much for Fitzgerald or Hemingway or Faulkner. He loved Steinbeck. But the writer he told me to read was John O'Hara. I still have the copy of O'Hara's short stories that Dad gave me when I was in high school. ...

Guy Who Said "You Can't Arrest Me, I'm A Colts Player" No Longer A Colts Player
How was your Labor Day? It was better than Colts rookie John Boyett's....

Know When To Fold Them
From Letters of Note, here's a letter the novelist John D. Swain wrote to his son in 1908 as the boy began college at Yale:...

Cool Fat City Poster
We've raved about Fat City here before—Leonard Gardner's novel and John Huston's movie. I ran across the Polish poster for the movie at the dope tumblr site, The Wanderlustr. ...

Australian Footballer Sets Dwarf On Fire, Gives League CEO The Giggles
Here is Australian Football League CEO Andrew Demetriou demonstrating exactly now not to react to news that one of his league's players set a dwarf entertainer on fire at a team party. ...

The Return Of Johnny Manziel: Counting Money And Refusing Autographs
Johnny Manziel returned to action this afternoon after his half-game suspension and quickly started making noise. After a 23-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter—which put A&M up 38-21—Manziel seems to celebrate by counting theoretical (spiritual?) cash. ...

Is Nick Saban Crazy? Ask The <em>GQ</em> Writer Who Profiled Him
This month's GQ includes a great profile of Alabama head coach Nick Saban by Warren St. John, author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer and Outcasts United. The profile includes plenty of anecdotes that make Nick Saban seem like an absolute lunatic, so we invited St. John to come and talk about what han...

The Sportswriter Who Wrote American Better Than Anyone Anywheres
Below is John Lardner's introduction to a 1959 edition of Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al, a fictional series of letters from professional ballplayer Jack Keefe to his friend Al. Those stories are included in the Library of America's new collection. (There was also a comic strip based on the same char...

A&M Website Tries To Sell Manziel Photos While Announcing Suspension
Consider this screenshot—which was snapped by CBS Sports' Will Brinson from the Texas A&M website shortly after Johnny Manziel was suspended for 30 minutes for possibly profiting from the use of his own name—your latest reminder that the NCAA is a joke....
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Johnny Manziel Suspended For 30 Minutes [Update]
As first reported by TexAgs' Billy Liucci, and confirmed by ESPN, Johnny Manziel will be suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener against Rice....

Braves Player Channels NASCAR Driver During Postgame Interview
As we've pointed out before, the Atlanta Braves hold a huge lead at the top of the NL East, and members of the team are probably having trouble finding ways to keep themselves entertained as they slog through the end of the season. That brings us to Elliot Johnson, who decided to pretend to be a NAS...

Joseph Mitchell: My Ears Are Bent
Something good is this: John Schulian on Joseph Mitchell:...

This GIF Of John Buck Consoling Matt Harvey Will Make You Sad
Matt Harvey found out that he has a partially torn UCL yesterday, so it's safe to say that he was having a pretty shitty day. Good thing his buddy John Buck was there to comfort him....

Reports: Johnny Manziel Meets With NCAA, Denies Taking Money
NCAA heavies traveled to College Station on Sunday and met with Johnny Manziel for nearly six hours, grilling him on allegations that he accepted money to sign autographs. Manziel reportedly maintained his innocence, setting up a collision course with the enforcement of an immoral yet immutable rule...

Hey, Bulldog
The Wife wants a bulldog. I want a Bernese mountain dog. Instead, we have two cats....

Whap: Video Game Mania
SI gives us 25 years of Madden. And, in a related post......

Texas A&M Won't Talk About Johnny Manziel This Week
Texas A&M will hold a press conference tomorrow in anticipation of Saturday's season-opener against Rice and Johnny Manziel will be noticeably absent, in body and spirit. The Aggies will not make Manziel available to reporters and the athletic director, Eric Hyman, has instructed the coaches and pla...

Bored Baseball Players Victimize Teammate With Gum-On-Hat Prank
This is what happens when it's August and your team has a 13-game lead in the division. ...