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I'm Tryin' to Get Money Like Felipe Lopez
So rapped the Beatnuts back in 1994. That's when Lopez was a big deal in New York. And that's around the time Susan Orlean wrote about Lopez for the New Yorker (actually, her profile appeared in the spring of '93):...
Dear Mr. President
In the latest issue of ESPN the magazine, J.R. Moehringer writes a letter to the President about Robert Griffin III:...
Demolition Derby
Head on over the SB Nation's Longform page and check out this profile on Gary Stevens by Joe DePaolo:...
Blind Faith
Dig this, from Time magazine, June, 2011: "Blind to Failure" by Karl Taro Greenfeld:...
I'm Only Sleeping
Check out John Updike's short essay, "Never to Sleep, Always to Dream," written for Golf Digest back in 2001:...
Black Magic
Here is Woody Allen's Sport magazine story about Earl "The Pearl" Monroe:...
Sympathy For the Devil
Here's a treat—Joe Flaherty's 1981 Inside Sports piece on Jake LaMotta:...
G-L-O-R-Y!
Here's a gem: "Glory!" It's a story written with great empathy and care by Jeanne Marie Laskas about the Ben-Gals cheerleaders:...
Mother Knows Best
Here's Frank Deford's 1978 Sports Illustrated portrait of Jimmy Connors: "Raised By Women to Conquer Men."...
Still Diggin': Welcome To The Stacks
I don't consider myself a backward-looking person by nature but I've always been fascinated with 20th Century American pop culture. Ever since I was a kid I've been curious about painters and musicians, actors, playwrights and athletes. It started as a way to connect with my father and his family. ...
<em>Esquire</em> Writer Is Sad He Won't Win A National Magazine Award, So We Made A Special Prize For Him
We at Deadspin can't bear the thought of hardworking, important, tell-it-like-it-is writers being denied the pleasure of winning major awards. That's why we were heartbroken to learn this week that Chris Jones, a former blogger and current writer for Esquire and ESPN and the winner of two (2) Nation...
Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: The Game
Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....
Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: The Great Mall Of San Pedro Sula
Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....
Soccer In The World's Most Violent City: A Postcard From Honduras
Outside Magazine sent Ryan O'Hanlon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to cover the United States Men's National Team's first World Cup qualifying match. He's writing a daily dispatch from Honduras, which we will be republishing here....
Elvis Dumervil's Weight On The Planets
Elvis Dumervil, Pro Bowl defensive end, has great short-burst speed despite weighing 260 pounds, which is five pounds heavier than the more famous Elvis at the time of his death. In case you were wondering (and in case you were a Spy reader back in the day), here is Elvis Dumervil's weight throughou...
<em>The Sporting News</em> Is Going Online-Only
The Sporting News announced today that they're done with their print magazine—they'll be all-digital from now on, aside from a handful of sport preview yearbooks. There's not a whole lot to say about this change (aside from the unpleasant reality that some layoffs presumably accompany it). If nothin...
Roger Goodell Was A Narc In High School, And He's Proud Of It
Whoa hey, loogit who's gracing the cover of this week's Time magazine: your friend and Peter King's, Roger Goodell. Sean Gregory has a lengthy profile of the NFL commissioner in this week's issue, and it contains the usual bits of hagiography (he keeps in shape! his daddy didn't like Vietnam, and th...