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Machers And Rockers: Jews And The BluesFrom Rich Cohen's winning book, The Record Men, here's an excerpt about Leonard Chess and Muddy Waters:...

NFL Films Taught Us How To Watch FootballRich Cohen's great portrait of Ed and Steve Sabol:...

Keef RiffhardHere's a good piece on Keith Richards' memoir by Rich Cohen:...

The '85 Bears At The Obama White House: A Historic Photo, Annotated

In 1986, shortly before the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears were prepared to make the annual champions' trip to the White House and meet President Ronald Reagan, the Challenger exploded. The Bears' White House visit was canceled and subsequently forgotten—until, that is October 2011, when rabid Be...

The Hockey Legend Thinks Your Epiphany Is Stupid

The Stacks' Alex Belth has a fun interview with Rich Cohen, author Monsters, the book about the '85 Bears that we excerpted yesterday. There's a lot of good stuff in there, but I'm particularly taken with the anecdote below, which isn't about the Bears at all....

What Was So Great About The '85 Bears? An Interview With Author Rich Cohen

Here's a shorter version of my interview with Monsters author Rich Cohen. Check out an excerpt from the book on Deadspin. For the full interview, swing by Bronx Banter....

Secrets Of A Hitter: How Doug Plank Inspired The NFL's Meanest Defense

Adapted from Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), available now. ...

Book Excerpt: Shane Comes To The Metrodome

We've got a bunch of goodies for you this week on Monsters, Rich Cohen's winning new book about the 1985 Chicago Bears. First, dig this excerpt over at SI.com:...