Buzz Bissinger is a columnist for The Daily Beast and the author of A Prayer for the City, focusing on the poverty and violence of urban America in the 1990s.
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Pro Sports’ Hero Deficit
Buzz Bissinger on why there are no more outsize characters in pro sports. MORE
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LeBron James, the Most Hated Athlete in America
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Rafael Nadal: French Open Champ's Emotional Punch
The man who won the French Open again has something the laid-back sport is sorely lacking: heart.... MORE
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The Vindication of LeBron James
LeBron James has been vilified for his ego, self-indulgence, and the free-agency spectacle of The... MORE
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The Strange Timing of Sugar Ray Leonard's Sex-Abuse Story
During my hundreds of hours of interviews with him, the boxing champ never mentioned his bombshell... MORE
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Why the Lakers' Phil Jackson Is Overrated
He's a media creation in a business where coaches add very little.... MORE
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Major League Homophobia Isn't Going Away
The fining—but not firing—of a baseball pitching coach for hurling anti-gay slurs at fans comes on... MORE
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The Demise of the Dodgers
Frank McCourt bled the franchise dry before baseball officials finally stepped in.... MORE
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Tiger Woods Is Never Coming Back
Forget the brief, exhilarating moment at the Masters when Tiger Woods looked invincible again.... MORE
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Barry Bonds Federal Steroids Case Should Be Dropped
Everyone knows the disgraced baseball superstar used steroids, but his trial is a travesty, fueled... MORE
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March Madness Race Wars and Jimmer Fredette
Buzz Bissinger received a torrent of abuse for saying the NBA's popularity is declining without... MORE
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King James Can't Handle the Pressure
In his defining NBA season, the Miami Heat superstar keeps missing game-winning shots and failing... MORE
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NFL Owners' Lockout Ego Trip
With record TV ratings last season, the National Football League may be in its best shape ever.... MORE
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White Men Can't Root
No one wants to acknowledge why the NBA is losing popularity.... MORE
