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The Greatest Hurdler In The World Makes His Escape From PerfectionThis piece originally appeared in the June, 1988 issue of Esquire, and is featured in the essential new anthology, Great Men Die Twice: The Selected Works of Mark Kram....

Idol Makers: How Steve And Ed Sabol Turned NFL Films Into An Empire Originally published in the Sept. 1996 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, and reprinted here with the author's permission....

An NFL Safety's Zen Quest For The Perfect HitExcerpted from The Library of America's unflinching anthology, Football: Great Writing About the National Sport, edited by our old pal John Schulian . Reprinted here with permission of the author's son, Mark Kram Jr. ...

Still Diggin': 13 Memorable BASW Stories

And just cause, here's a baker's dozen of my favorite BASW stories over the years:...

A Wink At A Homely Girl

If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you've got nightmares....

Great Men Die Twice: Muhammad Ali In Decline

Originally published in the June 1989 issue of Esquire. Republished here with the permission of the late author's son, Mark Kram Jr., a wonderful storyteller in his own right. His postscript follows. For a contemporary, but very different, glimpse of Ali, check out Davis Miller's story about his day...

When Emile Got His Irish Up

Mark Kram writing in SI back in 1966:...

Waterfront Rowdies Brawl for Divisional High Ground

Here's a little taste of Mark Kram writing about the Red Sox and Orioles on the Fourth of July back in 1974:...