Columns

Anne Bernays leaves the Walter Lippmann House after teaching a fiction writing class for Nieman Foundation fellows at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

National

Gray-Haired Granny? An 85-Year-Old Writer Goes Punk Rock Instead

10:28am November 18, 2015

by Anne Bernays

When novelist Anne Bernays became a great-grandmother, she dyed her hair bright blue. She says young people tend to treat the elderly as if they're dumb, "whereas I feel like I'm still a teenager."

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Members of the University of Missouri Tigers football team return to practice Nov. 10 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo.

Sports

Commentary: Mizzou Football And The Power Of The Players

9:53am November 18, 2015

by Frank Deford

Frank Deford wonders: Once the games are over, are the football players really accepted, or are they just hired hands?

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Sports

The NFL Is Kicking The Ball To The United Kingdom. Why?

1:40pm November 11, 2015

by Frank Deford

London soon will be hosting up to eight NFL games each fall. What's behind these plans to play so many regular season games across the pond?

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Sports

Bill Belichick: Love Him, Hate Him, But Don't Deny He's An Original

2:01pm November 04, 2015

by Frank Deford

The time has come to recognize that Bill Belichick is the best pro-sports coach of this century, says commentator Frank Deford.

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Sports

States Should Get Into The Sports Gambling Game

4:34am October 28, 2015

by Frank Deford

Commentator Frank Deford takes a close look at fantasy sports and concludes the profits to be made there are very real.

A boy stands onshore after arriving with other refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey, on Saturday.

People On The Move Drive Anxiety, Hope — And, Always, Change

3:11pm October 19, 2015

by Michel Martin

Migration — whether from one country to another, or one political party to another — transforms culture and society, writes Michel Martin. The question is how the change happens, not whether it does.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brandon Beachy throws against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 11 at Dodger Stadium. It marked his comeback from a second Tommy John surgery to his right elbow.

Sports

Baseball's Arms Race: The Price Of All Those Fast Pitches

8:22am October 14, 2015

by Frank Deford

Too many pitchers are throwing too hard for the human body to bear, commentator Frank Deford says. What makes these injuries unique is that the players are doing it to themselves.

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Sports

Football, Notre Dame And Winning 'For The Gipper'

12:43pm October 07, 2015

by Frank Deford

Commentator Frank Deford marks the 75th anniversary of the college football movie Knute Rockne, All-American, which included a famous phrase, uttered by the movie's star, Ronald Reagan.

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Sports

Too Many Sports Columnists Being Cut From The Team

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Frank Deford

Baseball used to be a newspaper game, says commentator Frank Deford. Now, sports are equal parts television and fantasy.

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Sports

Spending Public Money On Sports Stadiums Is Bad Business

2:08pm September 16, 2015

by Frank Deford

Municipalities all over the country keep forking over money for new football stadiums, and sports commentator Frank Deford finds it outrageous "because football stadiums are the worst excesses."

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