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A Boxing Novel's Real Look Beyond the Ring

Thomas Hauser, a veteran chronicler of the sport, brings its back rooms and back story to his new novel.

Books

George Kimball Keeps Fighting

The veteran boxing writer is still throwing punches, and colorfully, while chronicling the sport, in two new books and in his new favorite arena, online.

Sports

Waiting for Pac-Man

Gary Andrew Poole profiles the man who might be the sport's last great hope.

Sports

The Bracketless Bracket

Gelf turns a Bill James concept into a new March Madness tournament.

Sports

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

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

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.

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Can Jordan Still Be Like Mike?

A new ESPN poll finds that it depends where you ask.

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Varsity Letters Interviews, the Quickish Way

New York's sports reading series celebrates its fifth anniversary, and the launch of founder Dan Shanoff's site Quickish, with a lineup of over a dozen sportswriters. Here's what they have to say—briefly—about a host of sports issues.

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The State of the Football Union

Finding meaning in ESPN's SportsNation Super Bowl poll.

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