What exactly did my grandfather see at LSU’s Tiger Stadium in 1944?

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When I called up my grandfather Irwin Miller last fall, I asked him if he felt his age. “Uh, no, probably 94,” he said, laughing as he shaved off three years. “The body feels 97, the head doesn’t, tha...

What exactly did my grandfather see at LSU’s Tiger Stadium in 1944?

What exactly did my grandfather see at LSU’s Tiger Stadium in 1944?

I almost can’t describe what happened after 2:30 a.m.

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The Filipina phenom is remaking the country club sport for a new audience.

The Filipina phenom is remaking the country club sport for a new audience.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In the quarter-century that I’ve been playing and writing about Scrabble—a game in which greatness requires that rare matrix of biological gift, yeoman preparation, preternatural…

“Mandrake the Magician” fought crime—just not the usual kind.

A wide-ranging interview with the Japanese superstar in his final year on tour.

This year’s World Cup has featured some of the planet's greatest athletes performing seemingly impossible physical tasks. Bicycle kicks. Spectacular...

The next generation of elite players has arrived. On the court, they are delivering astonishing play. Off the court, they aren’t entirely happy.

Collects critical essays by the author of Making the Second Ghetto.   Arnold R. Hirsch (1949–2018) was one of the preeminent urban historians of his generation, a reputation cemented by his landmark b...

The papers held the key to his life’s work—and his legacy.

The organization is best known for its dance numbers and trick plays. Now it’s reviving one of the most entertaining—and controversial—franchises in baseball history.

Looking back on Geraldo Rivera’s jaunt through an abandoned Chicago hotel.

The story of a man who didn’t do it.

That sports writer’s daughter, now 83, reads and responds to it for the first time.

News for Los Angeles.

The Longhorn women are chasing a feat first accomplished forty years ago.

Canada had the U.S. outgunned, so the Americans went to Milan with a bunch of machetes.

“It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now, I think,” he said, fatefully.

Yesterday was the best day at the Olympics. Today is gonna be the new best day at the Olympics. But more importantly: DOG!

The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away

In the 1980 Olympics, it was the U.S. vs. the USSR. Now, it’s the U.S. vs. Canada.

Take part in remembering Dan McQuade. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.

Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...