Master
The essayist’s fans hunt obsessively for anything he publishes. Now, with the publication of ‘Loitering,’ the uninitiated can discover what all the fuss is about.
NO PENALTY
A month ago it looked like the NFL might at last be pilloried for its culture of violence and big money. Then the media lost interest, and things got back to normal.
BAD FAITH
Two new films about high-school football peddle the same old toxic myths of masculinity.
Annual Ritual
How Bill Simmons and company have turned NFL indignation into a cozy little cottage industry.
Latest Scapegoat
Before football fans get too sanctimonious about the Ray Rice wrist slap, they should worry about their complicity in football’s culture of violence.
