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BGS: Thin Mountain Air
This profile of Steve Carlton “Thin Mountain Air” was written by our man Pat Jordan. It originally appeared in Philadelphia magazine in April, 1994 and appears here with the author’s permission....
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Number One with a Bullet
Here’s Pat Jordan on why women rule the rifle range: Early one morning in March, Caitlin Morrissey showed me around the blindingly lit white range. She is 21, built strong with long blonde hair and...
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BGS: An Interview with Roger Angell
You’ll enjoy this, Jared Haynes’ interview with Roger Angell. I came across this when I was at the baseball Hall of Fame doing research eight years ago. Found it in Angell’s file and think it’s just...
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Joe Blanton Would Be Proud
Pat Jordan’s latest for SB Nation Longform: I had the stuff. I just didn’t have the heart. Or, more precisely, I always had the stuff, which was why I never had the heart. I didn’t need it. Then, in...
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BGS: Battling Siki
More from John Lardner. Originally published in 1949 in the New Yorker and reprinted here with permission of Susan Lardner. “The Battling Siki” By John Lardner Hell’s Kitchen, the region west of Eighth...
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Million Dollar Movie
Or: “How Hollywood Ruined Our Best Football Novel” By John Schulian Long before he established himself as the Ring Lardner of the Pepsi generation, Dan Jenkins wrote about sports for the blighted Fort...
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The Problem
Is Bud writes Glenn Stout: Measured only by the dollar, Selig’s tenure has been a success. However, by almost any other method, it has been a failure, for during his tenure whatever special place...
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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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Dumb and Dumber
That’d be Tom Seaver and Pat Jordan. Head on over to Sports on Earth and check out Jordan’s nice, long profile on Seaver: We walked between the rows of vines, up and down the steep terraces in the hot...
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Royko: Stacked
Yesterday, I brought my Stacks show on the road to The Daily Beast. I’ll have a reprint there each weekend. First up, John Schulian’s great Mike Royko profile. Dig: They were drinking their dinner in...
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The Man in Me
Pat Jordan’s latest for Sports on Earth is a profile of Rays’ pitcher, Chris Archer: I met Chris Archer for dinner at the Outback Steakhouse on my first night in North Carolina. He showed up with a...
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BGS: Magnum P(retty) I(indecisive)
Here’s more baseball-related fun for you, Pat Jordan’s 1989 GQ profile of Tom Selleck. Dig in. Tom Selleck is faced with a dilemma. He is being forced to make a decision that will annoy at least one...
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The Sure Thing
Pat Jordan doesn’t like Derek Jeter, but: I have to admit that if I was a major league pitcher today, and Jeter was at the peak of his game, Derek Jeter would be the one shortstop I’d want to play...
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Bronx Banter Interview: John Schulian
Today marks the publication of the Library of America’s latest sports anthology—Football: Great Writing about the National Sport. It’s edited by our old chum John Schulian. The book is terrific and I...
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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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BGS: Oscar Charleston: A One-Way Ticket to Obscurity
Opening Day Delight. Here’s a classic portrait of Oscar Charleston by our pal John Schulian: There were some hard miles on that bus, and harder ones on the man behind the wheel. His name was Oscar...
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Bronx Banter Interview: To Live and Die in L.A.
Our pal John Schulian‘s first novel, A Better Goodbye, was published late last week. Looking for something pulpy and nasty, look no further friends. This noir will keep you entertained and turning the...
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He Loves to Say Her Name
Here is our pal John Schulian’s 1980 column on Jake LaMotta, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 95. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission.—AB She keeps dabbing at her left eye...
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