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The Makings of “The Making of a Goon”
The Makings of “The Making of a Goon”
In the late 1900s, especially from the 1970s to the turn of the millennium, the role of the enforcer was a prominent one in the game of…
sgreen37
Jun 4, 2022
Like Father, Like Chosen One
Like Father, Like Chosen One
“The Chosen One” by Gary Smith is a piece on the legendary golf mega star: Tiger Woods. This piece focuses on the golfer’s relationship…
Casey Creed
May 11, 2022
A Knight in Murky Armor
A Knight in Murky Armor
Throughout his legendary 46 years at Sport Illustrated, Frank DeFord covered a variety of memorable and controversial individuals within…
Mateo Salinas
May 11, 2022
For The Decadent and Depraved
For The Decadent and Depraved
Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman will go down in history as one of the finest artistic pairings of the millennium. Thompson, a…
Eryk Markiewicz
May 11, 2022
The sport that freed every man
The sport that freed every man
Tom Wolfe’s “The Last American Hero” captures the beauty and symbolism of what it meant to be a NASCAR driver in the mid 1960s. Wolfe uses…
Alexis Lopez
May 10, 2022
How a Horse Became a Hero
How a Horse Became a Hero
William Nack’s “Pure Heart” follows the story of Secretariat, a race horse that caught the world’s attention with his natural talent and…
Maram Othman
Apr 26, 2022
What Separates the Greats, from the not so Greats
What Separates the Greats, from the not so Greats
David Foster Wallace wonders in his piece “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart” how can one human be so good at something and yet be so bad at…
Nathan Chenin
Apr 26, 2022
Surfing Waves of Nostalgia
Surfing Waves of Nostalgia
In the sports column “Mavericks”, the author Alice Gregory writes a narration on the Mavericks Invitational — a big wave surf competition…
Kealey Kostos
Apr 26, 2022
When The G.O.A.T Became The Greatest of All-Time
When The G.O.A.T Became The Greatest of All-Time
Prior to the 1998 NBA lockout, the world witnessed one of the most iconic events in sports history. David Halberstam, a journalist for The…
Henri Bresson
Apr 12, 2022
The Disheartening Reality of Sports
The Disheartening Reality of Sports
The reality of sports is Pain. That is the central theme of Tom Boswell’s piece, aptly, titled “Pain.” He even spells that out for the…
Kyler
Apr 12, 2022
More Than Just a Ballplayer
More Than Just a Ballplayer
“Game Called” by Grantland Rice was first published in The North American Newspaper Alliance in 1948. The focus of the article was Babe…
Nick Canzoneri
Apr 10, 2022
A Fantasy Finished
A Fantasy Finished
The path to glory for the Giants in 1951 is a one that much more than just a game in which they won, but more so a sense of communal…
Jaime Yanes
Apr 10, 2022
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