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Deep Cover
That's what J.R. Moehringer went when he wrote this story for the L.A. Times magazine on Pete Carroll, who was still coaching college football at the time. It's a self-aware piece but still intriguing: ...
The Heart Of The Matter
Not so long ago a friend asked me if I thought I was a success. I didn't know what to say and when I did manage an answer it was "No." I was thinking in terms of not just professional success but financial success. Where I want to be not how far I've come. I didn't think about success as a person, a...
Gangster, Gangster
Come magazine award season, Paul Solotaroff's latest piece for Rolling Stone, "The Gangster in the Huddle" (co-authored by Ron Borges) is sure to garner some well-deserved attention: ...
Old-School Big Blue: Rosey Grier Remembers
Actor, singer, ordained minister, political activist, author and NFL Pro Bowler the Rev. Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier has enjoyed a full and varied life....
The Last Days of Stealhead Joe
From Outside, here's a good story by Ian Frazier—"The Last Days of Stealhead Joe":...
The New York Times Gotcha Open
The New York Times magazine features tennis this weekend. A story on Roger Federer, a brief Q&A with Jimmy Connors and this collection of tennis stories from their archive. ...
Don't Call It A Comeback
Dig Jan Reid's 1995 Texas Monthly story on George Foreman:...
What's The Rumpus?
Kudos to Rolling Stone for reprinting Jonathan Cott’s 1976 profile of Maurice Sendak:...
Battle Of The Sexes
Next month, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "The Battle of the Sexes," American Masters will premier their show on Billie Jean King. It's the first time in the program's history that a sports figure has been profiled. And this Sunday over at ESPN, Outside the Lines will feature a segment on Kin...
The Unlikely Gay Advocate
Another one, worth your time—Mary Rogan's 2010 GQ story, "Out on the Ice":...
Bull Riding Is Love
From one of my favorite magazine writers, Jeanne Marie Laskas, here's her 1999 Esquire story, "America is Bull":...
Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run As You've Never Seen It
Hank Aaron put up so many outrageous numbers over the course of his career that it makes 715 feel almost like an afterthought....
The Cruelest Sport
If you don't already follow Longform I recommend it as a great place to find choice material. (Bookmark it already.)...
This Steeler Really Is A Cowboy
As football season approaches here's a good one from the SI Vault:...
Tough Guys Don't Dance
"To me," Lenny Bruce once said, "a tough guy is a guy who wears a wool suit with no underwear." In his latest profile for the Times Magazine, Pat Jordan writes about Peter Berg and Hollywood tough:...
Love, Boxing and Hunter S. Thompson
Check out this long 2012 essay on Love, Boxing, and Hunter S. Thompson by John Kaye over at the Los Angeles Review of Books:...
What's The Most Accurate College Football Preview Magazine?
Republished with permission from PunditTracker....
Here, Queer: Canned
This here's a good one, case you've never read it. Pamela Colloff's 2005 Texas Monthly profile of basketball coach Merry Stephens:...
The Jockey
Slide on over to the Times and check out "The Jockey" by Barry Bearak. Article and video are worth your time:...