Allen Barra

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  • Joe Montana: Tarnished hero

    By Allen Barra
  • Joe Montana: Tarnished hero

    He was the greatest quarterback ever, but when he had a chance to be a leader in real life, he punked out.
  • Sports Econ 101

    Team owners don't want you to know it, but player salaries and ticket prices have nothing to do with each other.
  • The Schlockfather

    By Allen Barra
  • Blue-ribbon nonsense

    The baseball owners' hand-picked committee, working from cooked books, has an absurd plan to fix the sport's finances. Why is the media taking it seriously?
  • Lennox Lewis, heavyweight bore of the world

    Having trouble falling asleep? Try watching one of lackluster champion Lennox Lewis' fights. He'll knock you out without laying a glove on you.
  • The new Black Sox

    By Allen Barra
  • The new Black Sox

    The Cubs know they can lose games and draw capacity crowds with or without Sammy Sosa and his big salary, so they're going to dump him. How is that different from throwing games for gambling money?
  • Any given Monday night

    Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will.
  • Don't believe the Tiger hype

    Until golf as a spectator sport means as much to America as baseball and basketball, let's hold those comparisons to Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan.
  • Spread the wealth

    The solution to baseball's revenue-sharing "problem" is for the teams to share the revenue.
  • John Rocker, whipping boy

    He was torched for talking about New York the way baseball executives do. But he'd still be in the majors if he'd been getting people out.
  • With this ring, Shaq emerges

    Compared to other players, rather than to his own supposed potential, he's one of the best ever. When he wins a championship this month, fans will take notice.
  • In antitrust we trust

    If baseball's exemption were lifted, real fans might be able to afford tickets, and teams would stop holding cities hostage. Call your congressman.
  • Letters to the editor

    Are women's magazines dead? Plus: Don't break out the Geritol for NBA players; Cardinal O'Connor was not a hero to all.
  • Geezer hoops

    NBA basketball is suddenly an old, cold victim of its own marketing strategy. Plus: What was baseball's Elian protest really about?
  • Bogus bride

    The University of Arizona Press passed off "I Married Wyatt Earp" as a historical document. It's not.
  • "Saint Augustine"

    The newest title in the Penguin Lives series is swift, invigorating and disappointing.
  • Ghost Town

    Allen Barra reviews 'Ghost Town' by Robert Coover.
  • The Muhammad Ali Reader

    Allen Barra reviews 'The Muhammad Ali Reader' by Gerald Early.
  • Night Train

    Allen Barra reviews 'Night Train' by Martin Amis.
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