Allen Barra

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has written just seven books over the course of her career, but her slow care is part of what makes her great.… More »

The reliever is the team's best hope now that their legendary closer is injured.… More »

All the algorithms in the world can't predict who will succeed and fail in pro football.… More »

A lithograph of George Bellows's masterpiece is up for auction this week.… More »

The FX series, based on Elmore Leonard's novels, takes inspiration from Hemingway, Westerns, and crime-novel classics.… More »

The organizations want to make players wait an extra year before they can go pro.… More »

Remembering the writer, who died this weekend at age 75… More »

The league is maintaining the pretense that one player taking another player out of a game isn't what defensive football is about.… More »

The Super Bowl-winning quarterback is too old, and the Broncos are too weak.… More »

The college tournament was once run by a different organization—before a scandal cleared the way for new association to take control.… More »

He electrified the sport at a time when few people were paying attention.… More »

An aging, injured quarterback won't fix the team's woes.… More »

The Yankee great will turn 38 this summer—and no major league team has ever won a pennant with a 38-year-old shortstop.… More »

The snub highlights the many flaws in the HOF selection process.… More »

Why did the legendary coach keep going, even after his best days were behind him?… More »

And unless he wins this year's Super Bowl, he probably won't ever be.… More »

No, we're not talking about Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose.… More »

The championship game brings together the two best teams in the nation, but fans missed out by not having a playoffs.… More »

The Japanese author's long, unsatisfying book was a big disappointment after years of hype… More »

The slugger will make $30 million for going to LA—but he'll lose a lot more… More »