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Vince Guerrieri

Boxing

Whoever Killed Davey Moore Also Killed Boxing At Dodger Stadium

<div dir="auto"><a href="https://twitter.com/nkulw">Noah Kulwin</a> is a writer and co-host of the podcast <a href="https://blowback.show/">Blowback</a>. He lives in New Jersey.</div>


Noah Kulwin

A photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being taken away by officials. In the corner is the join or die cartoon with the words THE AMERICAN FRIEND on it

Politics

Decades Later, The JFK Assassination Still Keeps Some Secrets


<p>A founding member of the Billings, Montana-to-Brooklyn sportswriting pipeline, Patrick Sauer has written for many large digital publications you’ve heard of and even more smaller ones that no longer exist. He’s on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/pjsauer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@pjsauer</a>.</p>


Patrick Sauer

The Cannon Street All-Star Team of 1955 is honored at an event in 2015.

History

The Little League Team That Never Got The Chance To Play


<p>Richard Staff is a <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardStaff" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">weapons-grade Twitter goblin</a> and hostage of the Mets. That is his real name.</p>


Richard Staff

Richard Nixon preparing to go on Meet The Press in 1988.

The Secret History Of Richard Nixon, Mets Sicko

<p><a href="http://www.ddavisla.com"><span style="font-weight: 400">David Davis</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> is the author of <em>Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation</em>. A </span><a href="https://sidewinderfilms.org/films/waterman"><span style="font-weight: 400">documentary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> based on his previous book, <em>Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku</em>, airs on <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/waterman-duke-ambassador-of-aloha-ot83gi/">PBS’s American Masters series</a> on May 10.</span></p>


David Davis

The Mostly Untold Story Of How The Sports Bra Conquered The World And Tore Its Inventors Apart

<div>Casey Taylor is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh. He writes a newsletter called <a href="https://weedchurch.substack.com/">Weed Church.</a> His work has appeared in The New Republic, WIRED, New York Magazine, and a sports blog he can&#8217;t currently recall the name of. You can <a href="mailto:caseyt7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email</a> him if you&#8217;d like.</div>
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Casey Taylor

The statue of Saint George as he vanquishes the dragon of nuclear war is made of actual pieces of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missles which were destroyed as a result of their historic disarmament treaty. AFP PHOTO TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Arts And Culture

This Family Has Tattooed The Holy Land For Centuries

Barry Petchesky

Wait, Second Base Has Been WHERE This Whole Time?

Dave McKenna

Robin Ficker, seen here wearing a Washington Bullets hat and screaming.

Stories

NBA Heckler, Friend Of Ali, And Wannabe Governor Robin Ficker Gets Disbarred

Tom Ley

They Found The Freaking ‘Endurance’


<p>Jasper Hutson is a lapsed journalist.</p>


Jasper Hutson

The All-Black League That Invented Hockey As We Know It

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