Allen Barra writes about sports for The Wall Street Journal and The Village Voice. He also writes about books for Salon.com, Bookforum, and The Washington Post. His latest book is Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee.
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Women’s Soccer Rules!
The U.S.... MORE
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Free Roger Clemens!
The ridiculous steroid trial against Clemens—based on a very flawed witness’ testimony—begins... MORE
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Mario Vargas Llosa's True Genius
Newly reissued collections of his essays prove the author is one of the greatest, most versatile... MORE
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The Borgias' Entertaining Excess
The first season of Showtime's historical soap The Borgias careens to a close tonight—Allen Barra... MORE
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Braving the Atlas Shrugged Crowd
Allen Barra went to see the low-budget, poorly reviewed film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Atlas... MORE
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Justified: Talking to Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins
FX’s hit western/crime drama has reached new heights in its second season.... MORE
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Three Outcomes of the NFL Contract Talks
For once, the players’ union isn’t blinking—playing hardball against the league monopoly.... MORE
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The Last Film Star
No actor has matched the coolness and style of Humphrey Bogart says Allen Barra reviewing a new... MORE
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The Jets: Rex Ryan, Mark Sanchez, and Their Freak Show Season
Rex Ryan’s foot fetish, Sal Alosi’s dirty coaching, endless trash talk—Super Bowl bound?... MORE
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The NFL's Brett Favre Disaster
The Favre sexual-harassment mess exposes the NFL’s ugly history of running interference for good... MORE
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True Grit: The Coen Brothers’ Great Adaptation
By sticking to the Charles Portis book, the Coen Brothers have a box office hit.... MORE
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Bing Crosby's Secret Baseball Tapes
When the Pittsburgh Pirates were to play the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series,... MORE
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Sinatra's Unstoppable Voice
Why do we still listen to Frank Sinatra?... MORE
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All Hail Boardwalk Empire
HBO’s Atlantic City gangster drama ends its first season tonight—Allen Barra argues that its... MORE
