Sunday, January 30, 2011

Joe Posnanski on Words

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I like words. Yea... that's a highly simplistic statement to make, but a very material one as it's the whole point of this blog. Fro...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Aliquippa, PA & High School Football by S.L. Price

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Great story from S.L. Price in the Jan 31 issue of Sports Illustrated. Titled "The Heart Of Football Beats In Aliquippa" , the pi...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Tiger Moms Writing from Time Magazine

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Thought provoking cover story from the latest issue of Time Magazine . Written by Annie Murphy Paul , "Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenti...

"They Call Me Baba Booey" by Gary Dell' Abate

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Recently finished reading the Gary Dell' Abate memoir "They Call Me Baba Booey" ... published because of his role as Producer...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Tragedy in Tucson Writing from David Von Drehle & Joe Posnanski

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Two great pieces I've come across recently on the shooting in Tucson. From David Von Drehle in Time and Joe Posnanski in Sports Ill...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Close to Best Writing Linked To - People & Events from Time Magazine

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On the previously written on subject of best writing linked to in the past year, this post highlights the best Time Magazine pieces posted...

Joe Posnanski on Harry Potter World Experience

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Really cool blog post I came across from the excellent Joe Posnanski . It's titled Katie The Prefect and tells the story of his 9 year ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Close to Best 2010 Writing Linked To - Sports

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In the process of doing a post a week ago on my Best 2010 Writing Linked To , there were a number of really good pieces that just missed the...
Saturday, January 08, 2011

"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

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Just finished reading the excellent "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" . Witten by "Sea...
Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Best 2010 Writing Linked To

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Following on the heels of my 2010 Blog Posts - In Review posted earlier this week, I wanted to look at some of the best stuff linked to (or...
Sunday, January 02, 2011

2010 Blog Posts - In Review

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It's now the New Year... time for new beginnings, new growth, new hair (probably not) and bunches of other things new. That said, one o...

Businessweek Cover Story on Electric Cars

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Interesting cover story in the latest issue of Businessweek . Written by Eric Pooley , "Electric Cars Get Charged for Battle" foc...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

"What I've Learned" by John Wooden from Esquire

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The Jan 2011 iteration of Esquire is it's annual "Meaning of Life" / "What I've Learned" issue and features a n...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Time Person of the Year Profile on Mark Zuckerberg

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Excellent Person of the Year piece from Lev Grossman in the latest Time Magazine . It's a pretty large feature on the Facebook founder...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Piece on Chris Jones - Writer Guy

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Found on twitter something very cool... an in depth piece on one my favorite writers, Chris Jones (with link to said twitter feed). From th...

"The War for Late Night" by Bill Carter

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After reading an excerpt in Vanity Fair a few months ago (which I linked to and posted on here ), I got from the library and just finished ...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Austin Murphy SI Story on Bill Phillips

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Really solid piece by Austin Murphy in the latest Sports Illustrated (which featured a cover story on "The Fighter" in theaters...
Friday, December 17, 2010

NYC Dept of Transportation Commissioner Profile from Esquire

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Fascinating piece from the Best and Brightest 2010 issue of Esquire Magazine . Written by Lisa Taddeo , " Janette Sadik-Khan : Urban Re...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Elizabeth Edwards Passing & Not Giving Up

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Two different things that I really want to meld together here into one coherent blog post... Thing A - the passing of Elizabeth Edwards Roug...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

"How Lucky You Can Be" by Buster Olney

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Just finished reading "How Lucky You Can Be" about now retired Northern State University men's basketball coach Don Meyer . I...