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Bane of Cheerleaders, Champion of the Little Guys

An interview with Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who says, 'I love writing about great, heroic deeds from small people.'

Science

Money-Grubbing

An interview with the scientist who demonstrated that splitting a restaurant bill reveals people's innate greed.

Books

Born a Gambling Man

Donald G. Evans has parlayed his one-time sports-betting addiction into a debut novel about a man named Chance and his gambling follies.

Books

One Sports Fan's Dream Year

Jim Gorant soaked in the fan experience at 10 events, including Wimbledon, the Kentucky Derby, and the Super Bowl. Then he got paid to write about it.

The Blurbs

Shrek the Turd

In this week's edition of The Blurbs—the feature in which we take a close look at those critic blurbs that are a fixture of ads for movies—see breakdowns of blurbs for 'Shrek the Third,' 'Georgia Rule,' 'The Wendell Baker Story,' and more.

Books

Toilet Talk

An interview with the excrement experts behind the new book, 'What's Your Poo Telling You?'

Books

An Irish Hoops Odyssey

Rus Bradburd, the former UTEP assistant and Tim Hardaway's one-time mentor, learned about Irish fiddling, Gaelic football, and the proper pour of a Guinness in his tour of duty as coach of the Tralee Tigers.

Arts

Irony, to a T

How we got from the earnest "Dew it with Dewey" shirt of the 1940s to the "I'm getting really good at masturbating" one of today.

Film

He Lives to Run

Sébastien Foucan, the Frenchman responsible for the most-exhilarating moments of the latest James Bond film, expounds on his art of Freerunning.

Books

When Jesse Owens Raced in Front of Hitler

For his new book, ESPN's Jeremy Schaap re-visits the surreal 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the legendary feats of the US team's top performer.

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