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America, The Beautiful
Dig these beautiful photographs by William Albert Allard....
John Dominis, a longtime photographer for Life magazine, died on Monday. He was 92. Even if you don't know the name, you know the work. (The photograph below, of Mickey Mantle's helmet toss, is his. So is the famous shot of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the '68 Olympics.) There's a lot more at Lif...
Two Boys Kissing: How Our Favorite Sports Photo Of 2013 Came To Life
In January, photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice was on assignment for Sports Illustrated when she went to a San Francisco gay bar, HiTops, during the 49ers-Falcons NFC Championship game. She was assigned to get a photo that would accompany a story about the diversity of 49ers fans. Her photo, above, was...
11 Of America's Most Scenic And Significant Basketball Hoops
Robin Layton's new book, Hoop: The American Dream, is the fruit of a cross-country trip during which she photographed basketball hoops of every style, shape, and size. A selection of her photos is below, accompanied by her commentary. ...
What It's Like To Shoot Football In The Snow
A photographer explains the challenges and victories of working the Lions-Eagles game in a blizzard. [News Journal]...
Happy Thanksgiving
Be thankful and all that good stuff. ...
How A <em>Life</em> Photographer Got This Ridiculous Shot Of 14 NFL QBs In 1961
"I had a local high school football team come to the studio every day for that week," photographer Ralph Morse, now 96 years old, tells Ben Cosgrove, "and we practiced all sorts of scenarios until we had one that worked—the guys in front tossing the ball underhand, the guys in back throwing overhand...
Say Hey: 30 Rare And Iconic Photos Of Willie Mays
Presented by The Roosevelts....
Maybe This Is Why UCLA Hoops Once Sucked?
It's been two decades since they won an NCAA title. The glory years of John Wooden's titanic career are faded California dreams. But UCLA remains a nationally ranked team each and every season. This 1945 photograph, meanwhile, might help explain why Bruins hoops endured losing records for so many ye...
Halloween Special: Madness! Torture! Applause!
The legendary Grand Guignol Theater in Paris was not a haunted house, but a serious dramatic enterprise that put on gruesome, faux-blood-splattered shows year-round for decades. It featured staged killings, mutilations and scenes of depravity and torture so realistic that audience members often fled...
Rare Photos Of Musial Remind Us That He'll Always Be The Man
People liked Stan Musial. And he liked them. His teammate (and badass competitor supreme) Bob Gibson once said, “Stan Musial is the nicest man I ever met in baseball. And to be honest, I can’t relate to that.”...
The Art of Storytelling
Check out the Something to Write Home About series over at the beautiful site, Pictory Mag....
From Barber Shops To Roof Tops, Watching The Game
Dig this photo gallery—From Barber Shops to Rooftops, Watching the Game—over at the New York Times. ...
Ballet For Dorks: The Awkward Beauty Of Bowling
Bowling is a ritualized behavior that requires strength, coordination and an often decidedly idiosyncratic technique in order to aestheticize a communally sanctioned exposition of controlled violence. Orrr . . . maybe it's just a fine example of the sort of loud, explosive fun that humans sometimes ...
Photo: This Surfer Is Late For His Heat
Photographer Allen Hughes captured this amazing shot of an unknown surfer, late for his competition, leaping into the waves at Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane. (You can see a larger version here.)...
Kareem As A Young Man
From Independent History dig this classic photograph of Lew Alcindor by Richard Avedon. ...
Randy Johnson Is Still Photographing Rock Stars
We've known about Randy Johnson's side hustle as a concert photographer for some time now, but pictures of the giant, floppy-haired man trying to find just the right angle will always be funny to us....
The Black Power Salute That Rocked The '68 Olympics
Forty-five years ago, on Oct. 16. 1968, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood atop the medal podium at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, bowed their heads and raised black-gloved fists during the playing of the American national anthem. Millions of their countrymen were outraged. As in b...