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Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Tom Junod remembers Phillip Seymour Hoffman:...
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Dig Sherwood Harrington's cool Flickr page. ...
Capturing Madden
Ken Belson goes behind-the-scenes at EA Sports....
Pete Seeger Talks Baseball
I found this post over at Hardball Talk—the late Pete Seeger talking baseball. ...
Wilt Spins
From Up North Trips comes this cool photograph of Wilt Chamberlain. Wonder what record he's playing?...
Exploitation Was Duke Ellington's True Genius
Last month, Adam Gopnik wrote an absorbing review of Terry Teachout's new Duke Ellington biography in the New Yorker. It's only available to subscribers but I wanted to share this part:...
An Oral History of Kurtis Blows' "Basketball"
Dumb fun from SB Nation. ...
Nashville
Here's a long, thoughtful, and engaging essay about "Nashville" by Ray Sawhill (Salon, June 27, 2000):...
The History Of How We Follow Baseball
The history of how we follow baseball. ...
Hoop Dreams 20 Years Later
Head on over to The Dissolve and check out their oral history on Hoop Dreams. ...
America, The Beautiful
Dig these beautiful photographs by William Albert Allard....
Tyson, Truth & Toback
Over at her great movie blog, Sunset Gun, Kim Morgan interviews James Toback about his Mike Tyson documentary....
Weekend Stacked
The Stacks now has a weekend home over at The Daily Beast. ...
Remembering Hal Needham And The Birth Of Redneck Cinema
This here's a good one. From Stephen Rebello writing for Playboy:...
Tyson Vs. Ali
A performance piece at PS122 reviewed in the Times and also featured in the Wall Street Journal. ...