Interesting premise. Just one of several though-provokers in Bad Sports, by Dave Zirin. Not exactly sure why a review of a two-year old book was posted on the Los Angeles Review of Books site at this time (other than the fact that it was recently released as a paperback), but here it is. And while […]
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Gelf’s Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m., to Manhattan’s The Gallery at LPR. At this free monthly event, hosted by Gelf, George Vecsey, Mark Ribowsky, and Dave Zirin will read from and talk about their work. Vecsey, who recently ended his 30-year stint as a New York Times […]
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Stan Musial
At the risk of cutting off my nose to spite my face, I have to say that I never got the whole “critic” thing. I guess people want someone to give them advice on what to read/see/listen to and what to avoid. And that’s basically it. They can do without all the fancy language and […]
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People's History of Sport