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The Last Days of Stealhead Joe

From Outside, here's a good story by Ian Frazier—"The Last Days of Stealhead Joe":...

Charlie Manuel Takes His Shorti Hoagie And Walks Off Into The Sunset

The AP's Chris Szagola snapped a couple of photos of Charlie Manuel leaving Citizens Bank Park for the final time after being fired today as the Phillies' manager. I know it doesn't look like he's got a shorti hoagie in that bag. That's not the point. That plastic Wawa bag just makes these images th...

Concrete Charlie

John Schulian's classic SI bonus piece: ...

Melting the Plastic Man

Here's a classic for you—Gary Cartwright's 1973 Texas Monthly piece on Tom Landry:...

Brawling And Boozing With The Rats Of Yankee Stadium

Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, edited by yours truly, is out in paperback now. To celebrate, here's an essay from the late George Kimball. It's about Yankee Stadium II, Billy Martin, finks and phonies, brawling, and, of course, drinking with Bill "Spaceman" Lee....

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:...

The Last American Hero

And since we're talking classics, how 'bout Tom Wolfe's 1965 Esquire story on Junior Johnson? ...

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Lost Soul on Ice

Here are three first-rate hockey stories by Guy Lawson:...