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From Cripple to Workhorse to Legend

Dan Patch's rise to the top of harness racing was stunning and meteoric. Then he was forgotten. A new book restores his name to its rightful place above Seabiscuit's.

Books

The Unwitting Father of Sports Blogging

Steve McKee talks to Gelf about his proto-blog and about his memoir of his father's death from heart disease.

Books

Do Travel Writers Cut Corners?

A recent tell-all from a former guidebook writer reveals a myriad of potentially dubious journalistic practices. Do travel writers really engage in these actions? If they do, can we blame them?

Arts

I'm Hatin' It

Guerrilla artist Steve Lambert declares war on advertising.

Comedy

Alan Abel, Hoaxter Extraordinaire

The lifelong thorn in the fleshy, exposed side of the media speaks to Gelf.

Arts

The Anti-Warhol

For Ron English, combating the power of advertising means turning the medium on its head.

Sports

Baseball's Adolescence

Cait Murphy flashes back a century, to the crazy 1908 season, when a baseball executive suffered a mental breakdown, Merkle messed up, and the Cubs won it all.

Sports

Sixty Feet and Six Inches From Clemens

Baseball writer Jonathan Mayo tells Gelf about profiling Clemens through the men who have faced him, and why the Mitchell Report isn't mentioned in his book.

Comedy

Looking for Muslims in the Comedy World

Stand-up comedian Kumail Nanjiani talks about his transition from a devout Shiite to a BLERD.

Comedy

The Dawn of Area Man

Longtime Onion writer Todd Hanson tells Gelf about the satirical news cycle and what happens when Onion stories come to life.

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