LATEST STORIES FROM JEFF PEARLMAN
The beauty of my job
9 hours ago by
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I know I use this blog to complain a lot.
So allow me to not complain. It’s 12:56 am, and I’m sitting in the Mirage Diner, researching my next book. Sipping a Coke, nibbling on a chocolate chip cookie, listening to Styx’s Return to Paradise, wearing flip-flops and...
And one more thing …
11 hours ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Because of Whitlock’s column, I had the misfortune of reading Charles Pierce’s review of Bill Simmons’ new book. Here it is.
The piece perfectly sums up why I see Pierce’s name and always—without exception anymore—move on to the next story. Smug. Snide...
Jason Whitlock brings the hammer
11 hours ago by
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Earlier today a friend and colleague forwarded me Sally Jenkins’ Washington Post column on Tiger Woods. Jenkins is a solid writer, and she expressed her point well. However, it’s a point I disagree with. There’s this belief among members of the media that Tiger Woods...
An all-time excellent Q&A
19 hours ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Vanity Fair does their latest celeb Q&A with Vince Neil. One of the funniest interviews I’ve ever read, including this gem of an exchange …
You know what the Crüe needs to do? Write a few female-friendly, blatantly unchauvinistic songs.
Absolutely not!
Really? Not...
Has David Kirkau recovered?
20 hours ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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In the fall of 1996, I was wrapping up my days as a sports writer at The Tennessean. I had been hired by Sports Illustrated, gave my notice and spent the final few weeks going through the motions.
One of my final stories was coverage of a high school football game between Goodpasture...
Cosi chronicles: Where’s the decency?
21 hours ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Am sitting in the corner table at Cosi. Had to clean the whole thing off, because the four teens sitting here before I arrived left a stinking mess.
Whenever I come here, I’m always dazzled by the lack of manners and decency possessed by many of the younger customers. They leave...
I have two things to say
1 day ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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My two things:
1. I never, ever, ever, ever thought we’d see Roy Jones, Jr. still fighting at age 40. And yet, here he is, getting humiliated last night by someone named Danny Green. I’m guessing the odds of Jones reading this blog are quite slim, but here I go—Roy,...
Gina Naclerio and lost youth
1 day ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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The other day a writer I’m friends with told me about a car accident involving a teenage boy he knows. The kid and his pal were both drunk, both high. I’m not sure which one was behind the wheel, but their car slammed into an oncoming vehicle. Everyone lived, but neither...
The greatest thing ever. Ever. Ever.
1 day ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
Why Tiger Woods matters
1 day ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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The never-ending news coverage of Tiger Woods’ car accident continues, and continues, and continues—for one reason.
Sordidness.
In other words, people want to know—are dying to know—whether Woods was cheating on his wife, and with whom (Rachel Uchitel? J.R. Richard? My...
With all due respect, and I mean this in the nicest of ways … you suck
1 day ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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One of my favorite things in the world is when an athlete rips another athlete, then tries to cover himself by saying something like, “With all due respect.”
This happened yesterday to Brian Urlacher, the Bears linebacker who was asked about Jay Cutler. His money quote...
Charlie Weis: Goodbye
2 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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When coaches are in trouble, we—the media—pounce.
He might get fired.
He could get fired.
He should get fired.
He will get fired.
Any.
Day.
Now.
If he loses this game, he’ll get fired.
Yes, he won that game. But it was close. So if he loses this game, he’s dead.
He...
Suzanne’s Fund
2 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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I graduated from Mahopac High School in 1990 with a student named Suzanne Dolson.
We weren’t close friends, but we shared a few classes together. Nice girl—friendly, warm, enthusiastic, etc.
Today I was directed to this site, Suzanne’s Fund.
Turns out Suzanne, age 37...
Derek Jeter, SI’s Sportsman of the Year
2 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Over the past few years, I’ve had problems with some of the athletes Sports Illustrated picked (and failed to pick) as its Sportsman of the Year. In particular, I was dumbfounded in 2006 when the magazine gave the award to Dwayne Wade, an excellent basketball player, over Roger...
Farewell, Mike Huckabee …
2 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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I like Mike Huckabee. I certainly wouldn’t vote for him, but he seems like a decent human being genuinely interested in doing (what he perceives to be) the righteous thing.
Yesterday, however, in a tragic blaze of bullets, his 2012 presidential aspirations likely ended.
For...
Barrybonds.com
3 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Earlier today I was sitting on the toilet, skimming through my ol’ Barry Bonds biography, Love Me, Hate Me (which, for the record, can literally be had for one cent on Amazon).
There was a point in the book when I cited Bonds’ new (at the time) website, www.barrybonds...
Paul Oberjuerge, I hope you see this
3 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Yesterday I wrote about the apparent suicide of Mike Penner, the longtime Los Angeles Times scribe whose struggles with his transsexual identity almost certainly led to his death.
Well, today I received a message from someone who knew Penner well; who praised him as a kind, giving...
Mattie
4 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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We’re hosting my sister-in-law’s dog today. Her name is Mattie, she was found at a shelter and she has one of those mean SHOCK YOU! training collars around her neck.
I refuse to shock her—though I’d sure love to kick her somethin’ fierce.
Norma is starting...
Freaks
4 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Although the world is changing at a mind-blowing rate, we still crawl when it comes to the acceptance of those deemed “different.”
Back in high school, people used the word “freaks” to describe those who dressed in black, wore Gothic makeup and listened to...
Swollen
4 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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I am, by nature, a hypochondriac. Which means that whenever something is physically off, I think the absolute worst. Headache=brain tumor, stomach pains=stomach cancer, heavy arms=Gehrigs. I’ve blogged about this quite often … nothing new.
That said, for the past month...
How I would vote on the current Hall of Fame ballot
5 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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My quick take:
Roberto Alomar—Yes. Absolutely. Without question.
Kevin Appier—Nice pitcher. But a big NO.
Harold Baines—Very good player. But not great.
Bert Blyleven—Yes. Was a better pitcher than Don Sutton, but lacks the magic 300. Deserves a spot.
Ellis Burks—One of...
Tiger Woods
5 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Somewhere along the path to all media, all the time, the business of celebrities because the business of us all. We’re not really supposed to gossip about our relatives or neighbors or friends (we do, obviously. But we’re not supposed to). Yet when it comes to celebrity...
Why I hate Christmas, by Joan Pearlman …
6 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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Growing up in Mahopac, N.Y. in the late 1970s and early-to-mid ’80s, I was taught by my mother to loathe Christmas. While my dad was more than content to gaze happily at the lights and listen to Jingle Bell Rock on the Olympic Diner jukebox, Mom slammed the whole thing as...
Pre-Thanksgiving Hell
7 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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So this evening I decided to take my daughter and son into Manhattan to watch the blowing up of the baloons for tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
In these parts, it’s the late-November equivalent of spring training. Instead of dealing with the real event...
Please, if you read this blog, read this
7 days ago by
Jeff Pearlman
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My daughter Casey is a 6-year-old first grader. She has a nice life—takes ice skating and ballet, goes on a ton o’ play-dates, never has to worry about not having food on the table or goodies on her birthday. She’s a great kid, and I’m extremely proud of her. Extremely...
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