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Enlightening Football's Dark Ages

Football Outsiders founder Aaron Schatz tries to make sense of the NFL's numbers, and its known unknowns.

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Deconstructing the BCS

Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel tells Gelf why college football can't seem to settle its controversies on the field.

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ESPN's Grill Master

Wright Thompson, author of meaty articles on wrongful imprisonment and the real Raging Bull, says journalists can still give voice to the voiceless.

Books

Football Prospecting

'Meat Market' author Bruce Feldman takes Gelf deep inside the strange world of college football recruiting.

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Calling the Play of the Year

Trinity play-by-play announcer Jonathan Wiener talks about his role in the longest two seconds of football ever played.

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Like Father, Like Son

Rick Wolff went from Harvard to the wilds of minor-league baseball. Thirty years later, his son John followed in his footsteps, and wrote a book about his attempt to make the big leagues.

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Profiles in Distress

Steve Friedman explores athletes' agony.

Reflections

The Solitary Stroll

Stephen Vaught's walk across America didn't make him thin, but it transformed him in more important ways.

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A Card Above All Others

Card-collecting has fallen out of the mainstream, but as a new book recounts, hobbyists' lust for the Honus Wagner card knows no bounds.

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The Tao of Bo

John Bacon tackles football icon Bo Schembechler's life lessons.

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