In the grand metaphor of life, where the ocean is the world and we are the surfer getting battered against some…

My dad died in February, unexpectedly. I got 32 great years with him—more than some, less than others.

The line between holiday gifts and New Year’s resolutions is less clear than it might seem. Unless you and your gift…

I would like to announce that I am not a girl-blogger seeking anonymity, as many of our commenters suspect.

You wanted to do something nice for your girlfriend—maybe even a little corny. And, hey, look, there’s a supermarket…

The business of writing obituaries may seem, at first glance, a morbid affair. Just think of the title of Gay…

When I was sixteen the Regency Theater on the Upper West Side ran a Buster Keaton-Charlie Chaplin-Woody Allen…

Pat Jordan's 1994 story for LIFE magazine.

Here's a good piece on Keith Richards' memoir by Rich Cohen:

Bowling is a ritualized behavior that requires strength, coordination and an often decidedly idiosyncratic technique…

Forty-five years ago, on Oct. 16. 1968, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood atop the medal podium at…

Maybe it's just banal nostalgia, but photographers working years ago seemed to take better pictures of ballplayers…

Bill Eppridge, one of the greatest photojournalists who ever picked up a camera, a longtime LIFE and Sports…

For several years in the late Sixties, while (largely) lesser fighters vied for the heavyweight title and while his…

If you don't already follow Longform I recommend it as a great place to find choice material. (Bookmark it already.)

Diggin' through the LIFE archives I came across this 1940 article on Pat Laursen, National Skeet Champion.

It lasted roughly a thousand years (give or take a few centuries). It generated mind-boggling advances in science,…

When Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston in their May 1965 title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, a legend was born. Or,…

No one who was playing professional baseball the year that I last watched an entire All-Star Game from start to…

This summer in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are messing with peoples' hearts again. After countless seasons of sub-.500…