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February 28, 2011
Before Lombardi Was Lombardi
John Eisenberg revisits the coaching legend's first season in Green Bay, when he was a mere coach, and one with flaws.
Sports
February 28, 2011
Seattle's Roundball Race Experiment, Revisited
Doug Merlino reunited with members of his eighth-grade basketball team, made of up rich white kids and poor black kids. He found that for many, the experience changed their lives.
Sports
February 28, 2011
The Stephen J. Dubner of Sports
Jon Wertheim played the sportswriter role in his new book, 'Freakonomics' for the athletic set. He tells Gelf what he'd like to analyze for the sequel.
Sports
January 3, 2011
Pittsburgh's NFL Dynasty
ESPN's Chad Millman revisits the 1970s Steelers and their archrivals in Dallas, two teams that embodied their cities' divergent characters and economic fortunes.
Sports
January 3, 2011
How the NFL Got the Rooney Rule
Law professor N. Jeremi Duru explains how Johnnie Cochran and other lawyers helped push the NFL to examine, and change, its hiring practices for coaches.
Sports
January 3, 2011
Any Given Wednesday
The NFL looks a lot less like a videogame, and more like 'ER,' when the cameras are off midweek. Anthony Gargano offers a closer look at the brutal, brilliant sport.
Books
December 8, 2010
A Most Unorthodox Occupation
Avi Steinberg worked as a prison librarian. Then he decided to add his own book to the shelf.
Sports
November 28, 2010
Ping Pong Power
Author and former player Roger Bennett pens a paean to pong.
Sports
November 4, 2010
Hank Aaron's Ascent
Author Howard Bryant traces the former home-run champ's rise from segregated Alabama to the height of acclaim in baseball.
Sports
November 1, 2010
Pieces of Cardboard
Author Dave Jamieson, in 'Mint Condition,' traces the implosion of the baseball-card industry and the colorful collectors who followed its rise and fall.
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