Jeff Pearlman seeks the truth behind the legend of Bo Jackson in new book
'The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson' examines one of America's greatest athletes, and the many stories about him.
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Jeff Pearlman implores readers to avoid his Brett Favre biography following fraud scandal: ‘He’s a bad guy’
"Sincerely, don't buy the book, don't take it out from the library. Leave it."
Jeff Pearlman talks how his Lakers book became HBO’s “Winning Time”
"It was never on my radar. It’s not like I wrote books thinking that it would be great if these became TV shows."
Hockey writer Adrian Dater on rehabilitating career after social media downfall: “Thankfully, some people gave me another chance”
"The humiliation, feeling like you always have to hide in public... it's mentally draining. Everything is as bad as you can imagine it is."
Brooks Melchior (kinda) explains why Sports by Brooks disappeared in rambling appearance on Adam Schefter’s podcast
Back in September, a generation of online sports fans went into shock when @SportsbyBrooks posted its first tweet in nearly...
Sports by Brooks just tweeted for the first time in five years and everyone is freaking out
Sports by Brooks is back (apparently), after nearly five years of silence.
How a “Dixon sucks donkey dicks” joke paragraph impacted careers and lives
This 1997 newspaper mistake had big effects for the writer, the subject and the paper.
Jeff Pearlman posts lede to his “never-to-run” Sports by Brooks piece, creating comment
This Week In Hot Takes: Rick Bozich thinks ESPN cuts told college basketball “drop dead”
There were lots of thoughts on ESPN's layoffs this week, plus Rory McIlroy's wedding and how great LeBron is or isn't.
ESPN suspends Bill Simmons from Twitter for First Take critique
Last week, we covered Bill Simmons' Twitter criticism of a First Take incident, in which Richard Sherman went...
