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The Michael Oher situation illustrates how white people ignore other white people’s racismThe most frustrating thing about racism isn’t that it still exists, it’s that so many white people refuse to undeniably admit when it happens. Because if your first instinct was to think that Michael Oher was lying or making something out of nothing, you’re the reason why racism is still thriving....

Michael Lewis seems like kind of a jerkIf you’ve been, you know, out in the world this week, you’ve probably heard that Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and numerous other best sellers, has a new book out this week, Going Infinite, about the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and it’s found...

Change, and how we get thereRemember Jack Taylor?...

Shane, Come Back: The No-Stats All-Star

From Michael Lewis' 2009 New York Times Magazine profile of Shane Battier:...

Still Diggin': 13 Memorable BASW Stories

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

The Eli Experiment

If you've never read it, Michael Lewis' 2004 New York Times magazine story, "The Eli Experiment" is a good one:...

Cuba Libre

Check out "Kids Not Poor in Spirit," a story about pickup baseball in Havana written by Bonnie DeSimone for the Chicago Tribune back in 1998:...

<em>Moneyball</em> Author Michael Lewis Is The Most Powerful Man In The Universe

Michael Lewis isn't just a disturbingly prolific journalist who elevated Billy Beane to mythic status. He's also a one-man center of power who enriches and ennobles all those with whom he consorts, according to New York Magazine, which neglects to really examine why having so much influence concentr...