Yesterday, we republished W.C. Heinz's 1958 profile of Pete Reiser, a ballplayer whose talent could have carried…

The following piece was originally published in the March, 1958 issue of True, and is excerpted from The Top of His…

It was almost endearing how an ink-smudged, deadline-addicted newspaper editor of yore would squint through the…

Dig this day-in-the-life story about Gordie Howe from 1959. Written by the great W.C. Heinz for the Saturday Evening…

Here's a treat—W.C. Heinz's 1950 short story, "One Throw":

"Bill Heinz is a walking contradiction of the stereotype of the phlegmatic Teuton. He is emotional and…

W.C. Heinz’s “Death of a Racehorse” owes none of its fame to nostalgia. Written in one hour, in one draft, on a…

W.C. Heinz was one of the great American journalists. A war correspondent, columnist, features writer, biographer,…

Though it's not easy to navigate I think it's worth your time to cruise on over to the Internet Archives to read the…

Here's W.C. Heinz's celebrated 1949 column, "Death of a Racehorse."

Here's the original manuscript of W.C. Heinz's 1959 True magazine story on Pepper Martin: "The Happiest Hooligan Of…

Check out the letter that Howard Cosell sent to Bill Heinz in 1962.

In Joe DePaolo's fine profile of talk radio host Mike Francesa, published earlier this year at SB Nation Longform,…

Here's W.C. Heinz's classic True magazine story on Bummy Davis (Jimmy Breslin called it the best magazine story ever…

Bronx Banter has dug up a charming old short story by W.C. Heinz, author of one of the all-time great pieces of…

Today, our pal Alex Belth, proprietor of Bronx Banter, is taking the reins. He's selected four stories for your…

Every week, I'll excerpt a handful of stories — old and new, sports and otherwise, relevant and merely sublime —…

Watch as the ol' shit-pisser, speaking with Matt Lauer, deems Tiger a narcissist for doing pull-ups in front of…

Buzz Bissinger, shit-pissing author of Three Nights as Tony La Russa's Sock Puppet, is back on his battered old Money…