The Black Stallion Takes Film Back To Its Elemental Beginnings
Dave Kehr
Originally published in the April, 1980 issue of Chicago Magazine, featured in the new anthology, Movies That Mattered, it appears here with permission.
How The Brothers Selmon Became The Most Admired Family In Football
Pete Dexter
First published as "The Brotherhood of Selmon" in the September 1980 issue of Inside Sports, this story appears here with permission.
The Eight Truths I Learned From Humping Athletes
Allison Glock
This piece originally appeared in the April 1995 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with permission.
Heaven Is A Down-And-Out Hockey Town
Scott Raab
This piece originally appeared in the April, 1995 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with the author's permission.
Looking For Peace With The Man On The Wire
Originally published as "Philippe Petit: Slow Dancing on the High Wire" in the October, 1986 issue of New York Woman, this feature appears here with permission from the author.
Muhammad Ali's Desperate Twilight
Jonathan Eig
Excerpted from Ali: A Life, By Jonathan Eig.
A Day On The Set Of Fat City, John Huston's Cult Classic
Grover Lewis
Originally published as "Up In Fat City: On The Set With Keach And Huston" in the Rolling Stone in 1971, this feature appears here with permission from Lewis's estate.
The Legendary Baseball Photo That Almost Didn't Come Out Because The Stadium Was Shaking Too Hard
The baseball soared into the early-morning blackness, heading toward the left-field foul pole. Tracking the flight of the ball he'd just hit, Carlton Fisk began to frantically flap his arms in an effort to will it fair.
The Cubs Were Never More Themselves Than In 1979
The following is excerpted from The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, by Rich Cohen.
John Carroll Lynch on playing the president, a killer clown, and the Coen brothers' warmest character
A.A. Dowd
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don't know beforehand what roles we'll ask them to talk about.
The Woeful Life Of Jake LaMotta
This piece originally appeared in the January 1981 issue of Inside Sports. It is reprinted here with permission of Jeanine Flaherty.
Harry Dean Stanton Was Too Big For His Niche
Steve Oney
Originally published in the New York Times Magazine on November 16, 1986—and featured in Oney's recent anthology, A Man's World—this story appears here with the author's permission.
Dan Rather Never Really Wanted This Job
Originally titled "Is Everything Okay?" this profile appeared in the April 1994 issue of GQ and is reprinted here with the author's permission.
The Lonesome Sporting Life
Nik Cohn
Originally published in the February 1981 issue of Inside Sports, this piece appears here with the author's permission.
The Coen Brothers At Work
John H. Richardson
Originally titled "The Joel & Ethan Story," this piece first appeared in the October 1989 issue of Premiere and appears here with the author's permission.
The Dipper Comes To Harlem
Gary Pomerantz
Wilt Chamberlain would have been 81 years old today. To celebrate, check out this excerpt from Gary Pomerantz's fine read, Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era. After the excerpt, you'll find a Q&A with the author.
Richard Ben Cramer On The Damn Yankees
Richard Ben Cramer
Originally published in the October 17, 1977, edition of The Baltimore Sun, this column appears here with permission from the author's estate.
Jean-Pierre Laffont's Love Song to New York
How Doris Burke Became The Best Damn Basketball Broadcaster There Is
Lyndsey D'Arcangelo
CLEVELAND—Doris Burke has never spoken a single word to Drake. And they never had dinner together, despite what the internet says. Before November of last year, when Drake famously wore a black shirt with Burke's smiling face above the phrase "woman crush everyday" during a Toronto Raptors home game and used his ESPN…
Pete Dexter Finds A Safe Distance
John Marchese
This profile originally appeared in Philadelphia magazine, November 1991. It is reprinted here with the author's permission. You can also read Jim Quinn's 1979 profile of Pete Dexter here.