Reading Dave Kindred's pieces on the Morton Potters should be a requirement for every aspiring sportswriter. They reveal how much you can find if...
Another favorite, this one from Dick Schaap on the death of Lenny Bruce: Lenny Bruce fell off a toilet seat with a needle in his arm and he...
From John Lardner: Stanley Ketchel was 24 years old when he was fatally shot in the back by the common-law husband of the lady who was cooking his...
Edward de Vere.
Probably not the right answer, but you could do a lot worse than the Boston Globe trio of Peter Gammons on baseball, Will McDonough on football...
Just when I thought my 15 minutes of fame (infamy?) had elapsed, Alec Baldwin rides to the rescue via Twitter: AB @alecbaldwin Maybe the Times...
For your consideration: http://shermanreport.com/sullivan-tells-his-side-san-diego-u-t-ceo-viewed-him-as-obstructionist/
"The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves." How many of us, presented identical circumstances, would have done half as...
The night of the World Series earthquake in San Francisco, I wrote my column sitting on the ground in the parking lot while our baseball writer,...
Regarding the Grizzard piece, didn't Joe Falls do something similar while covering the Tigers? Can't quote it verbatim, but it carried a dateline...
Grantland Rice on the Four Horsemen; Shirley Povich on Jim Brown integrating the Redskins' end zone; Jim Murray and "Gentlemen, start your...
Pleased to report that the San Diego Union-Tribune's Mark Zeigler is on the soccer scene in South Africa. Not sure how he sold it, but his stuff...
No player is going to put his name to the Griffey-was-unavailable-because-he-was-asleep story, and a lot of them will go along with the boycott...
By my count, this makes two first-place finishes for Gary Shelton in the column category. I don't think that's a coincidence, a fluke or an...
Begin by abandoning the idea that you pulled the short straw. Horse racing may be a niche sport, but there are terrific stories all over the track...
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