On Carl Yastrzemski On Carl Yastrzemski
My family always rooted for the underdog.
Jul 27, 2011 / Cecile Richards
On Bobby Thomson and Hank Thompson On Bobby Thomson and Hank Thompson
Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard ’round the world” and something my father told me.
Jul 27, 2011 / Bob Herbert
On Monica Seles On Monica Seles
The collective resentment of Monica Seles was an expression of our cultural discomfort with a kind of overt female aggression that seems to revel in itself.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jennifer Egan
Frank Beard Frank Beard
I may have been delusional about my golf game, but not about Frank Beard's.
Jul 27, 2011 / Stephen F. Cohen
On Toller Cranston On Toller Cranston
Toller Cranston single-handedly reinvented men's skating.
Jul 27, 2011 / Dahlia Lithwick
On Joe Namath and Yvan Cournoyer On Joe Namath and Yvan Cournoyer
My two first sports heroes, in a long and ever-expanding gallery, were oddly matched, though both wore the number twelve.
Jul 27, 2011 / Adam Gopnik
On Roberto Clemente On Roberto Clemente
I was blown away by the intensity and grace with which Roberto Clemente played the game.
Jul 27, 2011 / John Sayles