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My great disappointment

I’m in Cape Cod on vacation with family and friends, but made some time tonight to watch Assault In The Ring, the HBO documentary about a subject very close to my heart—the 1983 Luis Resto-Billy Collins fight (read here for more details)...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 26 reads 1 comments
Billy Collins: Assault in the Ring

I’ve been a journalist for 15 years now. If one were to ask me which stories stand out, I’d name three: 1. When I was 23, The Tennessean asked me to profile a Nashville couple, Warren and Lynn Thompson...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 35 reads 0 comments
Michael Vick

Driving through the South these past few days, I’ve been listening to an ungodly amount of AM radio. Sadly, that means I’m getting one of two things: A. Jeee-SUS! (For the record, nothing against Jesus...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 49 reads 2 comments
Tim Tebow: II

Am sitting in room 203 of a Best Western, about to go to bed after a thrilling night at the nearby Dollar Tree. I’ve received a ton of comments, RE: my Tim Tebow post...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 8 reads 0 comments
Tim Tebow can save you

Early this morning I read the latest Sports Illustrated cover story, titled, You Gotta Love Tim Tebow. In summation: Tim Tebow is the University of Florida’s star quarterback...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 11 reads 0 comments
Why, a day later, the New York Post remains a sack of dung

So today, the mighty New York Post fired back at ESPN and those of us who dared criticize the newspaper for running those nude stills of Erin Andrews...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 5 reads 0 comments
A letter to the New York Post (aka Erin Andrews, Part II)

Immediately after writing the previous post, it was brought to my attention that yesterday’s New York Post actually ran some of the stills of a nude Erin Andrews. I have worked in this business for 15 years...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 4 reads 0 comments
My Take: Erin Andrews

So a few days have passed since the whole Erin Andrews video flare-up, and I’ve been trying, trying, trying, trying to decide what I think about the whole thing. Now, I’ve finally decided...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 66 reads 1 comments
BWD (Blogging while drunk)

So I was scanning sportsjournalists.com this morning (hey, I still like it) when I stumbled upon a link relating to a blog post by Clay Travis, a Nashville-based writer whose upcoming book I ...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
Barry Bonds, Hall of Famer?

Was just driving my car, listening to Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts on WFAN. Have much respect for both guys … think their show is significantly less ego-driven than those hosted by Mike Francesa or Mike & Mike...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
Pete Rose belongs in the Hall

I just saw that Reggie Jackson came out in favor of Pete Rose being admitted into the Hall of Fame. I agree. Not for the standard-issue, he’s-really-a-great-guy-at-heart reasons, however...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 4 reads 0 comments
How to make the All-Star Game matter

When Bud Selig initially introduced the idea that the All-Star Game winner gets home-field advantage in the World Series, I thought, “Bravo!” At long last, the modern ballplayer will take this event as seriously as Ruppert Jones did back in ‘84...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
Unmotivated

I am unmotivated. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Have been unmotivated for a while now, and it’s beginning to motivate me to get motivated. But not quite. I have some freelance pieces due, but do don’t feel like dueing them...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
The 15,000

A couple of days ago I had more than 15,000 people visit this blog, and I was amazed. A personal record! Roughly one year ago, when I started this thing, I just wanted a place to vent and think openly...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
Should Michael Jackson Get His Own National Holiday?

So there’s a poll going around Facebook, asking whether Michael Jackson warrants his own national holiday. I know … I know—it’s only Facebook, self-indulgent land of HERE ARE MY 15 FAVORITE ...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 7 reads 0 comments
Where's the D?

So I’ve been playing a lot of basketball lately. In the fall/winter, I’m a part of a Thursday-night New Rochelle game. It’s perhaps the lowest-caliber hoop I’ve ever seen—lots of sloppy passing, no picks, many airballs...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
Foolish intern, meet slime ballplayer

Back in the summer of 1992, I worked as a summer intern at the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. I was, admittedly, a fool: 20-years-old, way too cocky, naive in the ways of all things media...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 32 reads 0 comments
Gump. Jenny Gump.

Yesterday was my morning to sleep late. I couldn’t, however, and turned on the TV at roughly 8:45. Forrest Gump was on. I love Forrest Gump. Not the running scenes, which are inane to the 100,000th degree...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
Ryan Church for Jeff Francoeur

I love transactions - In fact, I love transactions significantly more than I love the games themselves. I love drafts, I love free agency, I love releases. More than anything, I love trades...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 9 reads 0 comments
Entourage: fear the jumping shark

Tonight begins a new season of my favorite TV show: Entourage. I am nervous. For five years, Entourage has maintained a very sharp edge. Oh, there have been low points. Mandy Moore’s brief run...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 7 reads 1 comments
colostomy bag or voice box

I can list the handful of writers who have truly inspired me throughout my career in journalism. Steve Buckley. Rick Telander. Steve Rushin. Dick Schaap. Dave Anderson. Mike Freeman. A couple of others...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
I'm back

Have returned from my four-day vacation to Paris. Great trip, blah, blah, blah. More on that later. First, a big thanks to Mike Lewis, who kicked some real ass as my fill-in. If I’m Warren Moon, Lew is—at the least—Oliver Luck...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
Here are the keys back, Jeff

Well that’ll do it for my guest-blogging week here. I’m not sure what I should accept from Pearlman as a parting gift; it’s either the toaster oven, the new vacuum, or a trip to Boise...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
Oops-a big newspaper screwup

By Michael Lewis This is pretty embarrassing, but as a newspaper guy I can completely understand how it happened. Seems a pre-printed section of one of the zoned editions of The Tennessean ...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments
In defense of reruns (No, not Fred Berry)

By Michael Lewis I hardly watch any new TV these days. No reality shows (well, I do have a twisted love for “I Survived a Japanese Gameshow,” but that’s not really a reality show, I don’t think)...

Written by Jeff Pearlman about 4 months ago 1 reads 0 comments

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Jeff Pearlman Article Archive

My great disappointment

Billy Collins: Assault in the Ring

Michael Vick

Tim Tebow: II

Tim Tebow can save you

Why, a day later, the New York Post remains a sack of dung

A letter to the New York Post (aka Erin Andrews, Part II)

My Take: Erin Andrews

BWD (Blogging while drunk)

Barry Bonds, Hall of Famer?

Pete Rose belongs in the Hall

How to make the All-Star Game matter

Unmotivated

The 15,000

Should Michael Jackson Get His Own National Holiday?

Where's the D?

Foolish intern, meet slime ballplayer

Gump. Jenny Gump.

Ryan Church for Jeff Francoeur

Entourage: fear the jumping shark

colostomy bag or voice box

I'm back

Here are the keys back, Jeff

Oops-a big newspaper screwup

In defense of reruns (No, not Fred Berry)

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