george-plimpton
Was the Greatest April Fools' Joke in Sports History Borrowed from a Poem?
George Plimpton's legendary article the "The Curious Case of Sidd Finch" is a masterpiece of sportswriting. It also owes a lot to the poetry of Kenneth Koch.
Paying for Paying for Sex
Chester Brown’s 2011 graphic novel, Paying for It, is a bold examination of straight female prostitution, as well as a cogent argument for its decriminalization, through an entertaining depiction of Brown's own forays into the world of sex...
Historical Party Fouls
I’d just puked into a giant potted plant in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel, outside Truman’s Black and White. I was looking for a place to stash my now-soiled pocket square and thinking distantly about a palate-cleansing Bellini when some guy I didn’t...
The Write Stuff
On the whole, sports writers are a sedentary lot. Outside of George Plimpton, few football writers play football. But getting in the ring helps to better understand MMA fighters, and it's also strangely relaxing. My mind is never so quiet as when I’m...
