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Four Adults Indicted In Connection With Steubenville Rape Case
A grand jury investigating the 2012 rape of a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio, has indicted four members of the Steubenville community for the parts they played in covering up the rape. The most serious charges were brought against school superintendent Michael McVey, who faces one charge of tamp...
Steubenville School Official Indicted In Rape Case
The grand jury convened by Ohio's state attorney general to determine whether additional crimes were committed in the notorious Steubenville High School rape case has resulted in the indictment of a school official accused of some sort of cover-up....
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....
Hey Fatso!
Peter Richmond remembers Art Donovan, a master storyteller:...
The Art of Storytelling: John Hersey's Writing Seminar
Our man Peter Richmond wrote a wonderful piece over at the Nieman storyboard about John Hersey's senior-year writing seminar at Yale. ...
Rae Carruth, The Women Who Loved Him, And The One He Wanted Dead
Originally published in the May 2001 issue of GQ. Reprinted here with the author's permission. His annotations appear throughout the story (click on the asterisk and wait a moment for his comment to appear). Illustration by Sam Woolley....
Hopper Light
Here's our man Peter Richmond writing about Edward Hopper:...
I Know What Boys Like, I Know What Guys Want
Here's Peter Richmond writing about Mark Sanchez:...
The Right Stuff
Over at Bronx Banter, Peter Richmond remembers his father:...
Life Saver
Over at Sports on Earth, Peter Richmond writes about how Chuck Muncie saved his life:...
Mama Says...
Here's more from Peter Richmond, on Larry Johnson and homophobia:...
Margaret Thatcher's Granddaughter Runs College Track For Richmond
The woman you see here is reading a passage from the book of Ephesians earlier today at the funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. It's Thatcher's 19-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, and she's apparently a hit with the UK papers. Gawker's got a pretty good rundown on who Amanda T...
Judge Delivers Guilty Verdict In Steubenville Rape Trial
Following more than two hours of testimony on Saturday from the 16-year-old Jane Doe victim—during which time it was revealed that one of the defendants identified, via text message, his own sperm on the victim in one of the circulated pictures—Judge Thomas Lipps found Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond...
"She Was Like A Dead Body": Text Messages Read Aloud During Day 2 Of Steubenville Rape Trial
In Day 2 of the Steubenville rape trial, the prosecution revealed hundreds of text messages sent between the defendants and various witnesses in the hours and days following the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl. The messages, which were read aloud in the courtroom yesterday, are predictably stomac...
This Atlantic 10 Tournament Game Had One Of The Craziest Endings You'll Ever See
Shit got weird at the end of the Charlotte-Richmond game today. With five seconds remaining in the game, Richmond was up by three as Charlotte's Pierria Henry, who had just been intentionally fouled in order to prevent a made three-pointer, stepped to the line for a one-and-one. Henry sank the first...
Awful Photo Of Steubenville Accuser Wasn't <em>That</em> Bad, Defense Argues On Day 1 Of Rape Trial
The Steubenville rape trial got underway on Wednesday, and the defense immediately found itself in the unenviable position of arguing against the internet iconography of the case. Remember the infamous photo—the one in which two boys hold the accuser, seemingly incapacitated, by her wrists and ankle...
"She Is So Raped Right Now": Partygoer Jokes About The Steubenville Accuser The Night Of The Alleged Rape
The video above was released today by the hacktivist outfit KnightSec, which has been leading the digital crusade in response to the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl at the hands of two Steubenville (Ohio) High School football players. In the video, Michael Nodianos, a former Steubenville High ...
Concerned Citizen Doesn't Want Redskins Training Camp In His Town Because The NFL "Has Murderers, Rapists, Wife And Girlfriend Beaters, Drunkards, Drug Takers, And Child Molesters"
The Redskins are nearing a deal to move their training camp from Ashburn, Va., to Richmond, and not all of Richmond's citizens are thrilled. There are the typical objections—environmental impact, cost, the fact that a non-profit with ties to the Catholic Church would own the facilities—and then ther...
Where Did Ryan Fitzpatrick Go To College, Again?
From Peter Richmond at Grantland:...
Your Early Round-Of-32 Games Open Thread
In the early game, a Kentucky team that barely beat Princeton faces a West Virginia team with a coach who's 8-1 against the head Wildcat....