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The Rise: A Review of Mike Sielski’s Kobe Bryant Biography
“I wanted to do Batman Begins for the Black Mamba,” Mike Sielski tells me as he describes the pitch for The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the
As Brian Kelly Leaves Notre Dame for LSU, College Football Has a Big Problem
Monday, Brian Kelly walked away from his “dream job” at Notre Dame and woke up to a new reality as head coach of the LSU
Jack McCaffery Snubs Curt Schilling, Votes for Rollins and Howard in Widely-Panned Hall of Fame Ballot
The mountain Curt Schilling must climb this year to gain access to Cooperstown got a little steeper this year, courtesy of a local scribe who
The Eagles and Falcons: A Tale of Two Rebuilds
While watching the Eagles dismantle the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, I couldn’t help but think of a seemingly unrelated football maxim: “Know when your journey
Can We Give Jalen Hurts a Chance?
For an organization that fired its Super Bowl-winning head coach and shipped its franchise quarterback to Indianapolis, the Philadelphia Eagles have enjoyed a relatively quiet
Seeking “The Positive” in the Purgatory of this Phillies Season
In light of the Phillies’ most recent bullpen meltdown, this time in Cincinnati, I am tempted to revert to my intrinsically negative nature. I can’t
What Kind of Team Do The Sixers Want to Be?
There is an annoying tendency in the hyperreactive sports fan ecosystem, and within the chattering class that caters to it, to catastrophize every bump in
Why Sports Matter – A Personal Story
During times of turmoil and periods of crisis, it is fashionable for the folks who cover sports for a living to diminish the importance of
