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BGS: No Cheering in the Press Box
Over a three-year period in the early 1970s, Chicago newspaperman Jerome Holtzman interviewed 18 sportswriters. These were men from the previous couple of generations, and they’d devoted their lives...
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The Art of Fiction is Dead
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we’ve ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith’s friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional,...
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BGS: Night For Joe Louis
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we’ve ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith’s friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional,...
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BGS: The Black Berets
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we’ve ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith’s friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional,...
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On the Slant
A few weeks ago I had a phone conversation with Red Smith’s biographer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Ira Berkow. He told me: Walter Matthau once told me that his idea of good writing is that you...
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BGS: A Little Greedy, and Exactly Right
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we’ve ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith’s friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional,...
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BGS: The Moving Finger Writes, Etc.
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we’ve ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith’s friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional,...
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The Mighty Reggie Has Whiffed vs. Reggie’s Revenge
The Yankees and Dodgers are scheduled to play a two-game series in the Bronx starting tonight (if the weather permits). Nice job by SI.com’s Jay Jaffe today recalling the 1978 World Series and Game...
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BGS: Dick Young’s America
Here’s a treat from Ross Wetzsteon. Originally published in the Aug. 1, 1985, issue of Sport magazine, it is reprinted here with permission of the author’s widow, Laura Ross. Idols grow old like...
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BGS: Heaven Ain’t What It Used To Be (Dick Young in Hell)
New York sportswriting legend Dick Young was a lot of different things. Among them, for reasons laid out in this classic Ross Wetzsteon profile, he was a man one could easily imagine having a great...
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BGS: The Better Man
“The Better Man” By Juan Williams Originally published in the May 17, 1987, edition of The Washington Post Magazine. Republished here with the author’s permission. His postscript follows. For more on...
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BGS: The Called Shot Heard Round the World
Excerpted from From Black Sox to Three-Peats: A Century of Chicago’s Best Sports Writing (University of Chicago Press), edited by Ron Rapoport and featuring stories from the Chicago Tribune, the...
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BSG: Summer’s End Recalls Memory of a Faded Dream
Excerpted from From Black Sox to Three-Peats: A Century of Chicago’s Best Sports Writing (University of Chicago Press), edited by Ron Rapoport and featuring stories from the Chicago Tribune, the...
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The Power and the Gory
Here’s a powerful story from my pal Paul Solotaroff. It originally appeared in the Village Voice (1990) and it is presented here with the author’s permission. “The Power and the Gory” By Paul...
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BGS: My Life in the Locker Room
Last week I reprinted this gem by Jennifer Briggs. I have one of the few jobs where the first thing people ask about is penises. Well, Reggie Jackson was my first. And yes, I was scared. I was 22...
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BGS: All-Pro
Couple of W.C. Heinz gems for you. 1) John Schulian’s tribute to Heinz for Deadspin: I never realized how many Bill Heinz stories I love until I read The Top of His Game. Some I would have loved...
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J.B. Number One
When I heard that Jimmy Breslin passed away, Todd Drew was the first person I thought of. Man, Todd loved Breslin. Over at The Stacks, I’ve got a swell Breslin profile—by Ambrose Clancy—for you as...
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Krim, Breslin, and the Million Dollar “Jewboy” Caper
The following two articles by the one and only Seymour Krim appear in his bitchin’ anthology You and Me. They were originally published in the New York Times Book Review and Changes, respectively and...
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