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Murray Chass Is Everything That's Wrong With The Hall Of Fame Election
Murray Chass, a once-great baseball reporter turned bitter crank, recently revealed his 2013 Hall of Fame ballot in a blog post in which he proudly stated that he did not vote for Craig Biggio or Mike Piazza because he believes that they used steroids. It was the kind of thing that was written speci...
Christopher Guest And Bill Murray Make Funny
In addition to our regular mix of sports and pop culture posts this week we're going to highlight comedians and other funny people. This is something I want to do periodically because there are a bunch of wonderful magazine profiles on comics that are worth sharing. ...
Bill Murray Talks Vodka, Red Sox And Making Men Weep
...with Noah Charney over at Esquire.com....
Lee Corso Picks FSU, Dons Chief Osceola Garb; Bill Murray Beats Him Up
Here, now, is a thing that happened on television. ...
The Meaning Of The First Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali Fight
Over on The Stacks, we're republishing Murray Kempton's classic dispatch from the first Clay-Liston fight, in 1964; you can find the story below. Kempton was an elegant columnist and essayist with a great ear for the overtones and undertones of any public spectacle—mob trials, nominating conventio...
The Champ And The Chump: The Meaning Of Liston-Clay I
Originally published on March 7, 1964, in The New Republic. Reprinted here with the permission of the author's family....
Bill Murray, The Sports Fan
Since we're talking Chicago this week, it's a good time to revisit Peter Richmond's story about hanging with Bill Murray that we reprinted earlier this year....
"Iron Stan" Wawrinka Blows Out Andy Murray In US Open Quarters
So, who had Stan Wawrinka in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 over defending U.S. Open champion Andy Murray? That's what just happened....
Watch Bill Murray And Harry Caray Kick Off The Cubs' First Night Game
Twenty-five years ago today, the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first-ever night game at Wrigley Field. After having only played day games since claiming the park as home in 1916, the Cubs finally succumbed to pressure from MLB, which threatened that if the team ever won a pen...
Andy Murray Is Already In High Demand
Here's a pretty cool image from the front page wrap of the British daily The Times and a glimpse into what it's like to be Andy Murray right now. ...
Bradley Cooper And Gerard Butler Enjoyed Their Time At Wimbledon
Cooper and, particularly, Butler really lose themselves in their roles on the set of Wimblebros, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Laker Bros....
Andy Murray Wins Wimbledon
Andy Murray ended a 77-year drought at Wimbledon, becoming the first British man to win the tournament since Fred Perry in 1936, with a straight-set victory over Novak Djokovic....
Gentlemen, Start Your Coffins
Another good one—Rick Reilly's 1986 SI tribute to the columnist Jim Murray—"King of the Sports Page":...
The Best-Kept Secret
Another sure-shot for you—David Owen's 1982 Esquire piece on the late, great Murray Kempton: ...