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This year's Super Bowl blowout raises the perennially mysterious question: What makes a team go flat?
By Allen Barra
January 31, 2003
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And that'll just be in the stands. The Raiders will win on the field, too.
By Allen Barra
January 25, 2003
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Genius, junkie, wife-beater, demigod -- a new book plumbs the mysteries of the most influential and enigmatic American musician of our time.
By Allen Barra
January 23, 2003
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The NFL's dreadful officiating can't be ignored anymore. One solution: Give one ref a TV.
By Allen Barra
January 17, 2003
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In the best basketball book to come out in years, the author of "The Great Santini" sings the praises of losing, losing and losing again
By Allen Barra
January 15, 2003
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The visionary interference call that gave Ohio State the championship was an outrage. The noncall that ended the hopes of the N.Y. Giants wasn't.
By Allen Barra
January 10, 2003
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Control freak Bill Parcells will burn out in his third year at Dallas. Plus: Pennington's the MVP, not Gannon.
By Allen Barra
January 3, 2003
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Two Alabama football coaches, Bear Bryant and Dennis Franchione, mistreated their players. But at least Bryant didn't betray them.
By Allen Barra
December 14, 2002
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A new ESPN movie reminds us that being coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant was like having John Wayne for your grandfather.
By Allen Barra
December 7, 2002
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A new book reveals that he's neither a thug nor a racial savior. But beyond that, he's a mystery -- and not a very interesting one.
By Allen Barra
November 28, 2002
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College football's weird champion-choosing process has taken the arguments -- and the fun -- out of New Year's Day.
By Allen Barra
November 23, 2002
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In her last long interview, the late, great movie critic talks about everything from "Deep Throat" to Stephen Spielberg and "American Beauty." Plus, Kael's final Q&A -- with 10-year-old Maggie Barra.
By Allen Barra
November 20, 2002
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A conversation with Bill James, the famed statistical baseball analyst just hired by the Red Sox.
By Allen Barra
November 16, 2002
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Overrated: Johnny Unitas, the 1996-2001 Yankees and John McEnroe. Underrated: Bart Starr, the 1996-2001 Yankees and Steffi Graf.
By Allen Barra
November 8, 2002
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Blame it on late games and regionalism -- not the great baseball. And has anybody checked the NBA ratings lately?
By Allen Barra
November 1, 2002
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Forget the nostalgia freaks droning on and on about the Mythical White Ballplayer era. Barry Bonds is the greatest player in baseball history.
By Allen Barra
October 25, 2002
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Teamwork, belief and foul balls will carry Anaheim over Barry and the Giants.
By Allen Barra
October 19, 2002
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The latest and best-ever biography of Jesse James tears down the myth to reveal not a latter-day Robin Hood, but a greedy, press-savvy bandit.
By Allen Barra
October 15, 2002
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The victories of the Angels, Twins and Cards show how empty the owners' and commissioners' arguments were.
By Allen Barra
October 8, 2002
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The first chapter of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, "Manhunter," is still the best.
By Allen Barra
October 4, 2002
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Why does the college's legendary -- but creaky -- football program have to keep coming back?
By Allen Barra
September 27, 2002
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Before Johnny Unitas, college stars were the only famous football players. The great No. 19 changed that forever -- and took the NFL to the top.
By Allen Barra
September 21, 2002
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The great welterweight has never gotten the respect he deserves. After Saturday, he should.
By Allen Barra
September 13, 2002
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The baseball deal will either make the game worse for fans or it'll be a sham that won't hold salaries down. The owners came close to wrecking the season for this?
By Allen Barra
August 30, 2002
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The players get it. The big-market owners get it. So why do the small-market owners seem so dense?
By Allen Barra
August 23, 2002
The Silver and Black will torture and keelhaul their enemies!
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"Afterglow: A Last Conversation With Pauline Kael" by Francis Davis
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