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Charles P. Pierce

Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer at the Boston Globe Magazine and a contributing writer to Esquire. His book, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, will be published in June by Broadway Books.

articles/2014/05/24/the-stacks-shaq-year-one/140523-stacks-shaq-tease_ntiunw
Kid And Corporation

Shaq, Year One

First, came Dr. J, then Bird and Magic, and finally Jordan as the league went from near disaster to a Golden Age. Shaq was next in line, and boy did he deliver.

Charles P. Pierce

articles/2008/11/26/football-hold-the-stuffing/thanksgiving-football_5842_a72z9g

Football, Hold the Stuffing

Thanksgiving and football are forever intertwined, but you have to get the past the Cowboys and the Lions to figure out why the sport is truly our national pastime.

Charles P. Pierce

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