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Baseball, like anything else a person can love, can make you better or make you worse.

Arts And Culture

Roger Angell at the 2009 New Yorker Festival.

Ray Liotta Saved ‘Field Of Dreams’ From Itself

Defector At The Movies

The Coach Who Made Fencing Fun

Charles P. Pierce

Scott Hall Knew The Value Of Losing

Dan McQuade

Scott Hall

If It Weren’t For Meat Loaf, I Might Not Be Here

ATLANTA - FEBRUARY 8: Singer 'Meatloaf' performs at the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest during the 2003 NBA All Star weekend at Philips Arena on February 8, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Lucy Harris Couldn’t Be Forgotten

Women's Basketball

Maitreyi Anantharaman

I Was Bob Saget’s Underwear Guy

Arts And Culture

<> on March 15, 2010 in Hollywood, California.

Every Sport Could Use A John Madden

John Madden and Pat Summerall in the booth during a CBS Sports NFL broadcast.

John Madden Invited Us In

Harry Reid Was A True Believer

Kelsey McKinney

Only John Madden Could Have Lived John Madden’s Life

John Madden points to the sky after lighting a flame in the honor of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis during halftime of their game against the Cleveland Browns at O.co Coliseum on October 16, 2011 in Oakland, California.

Can Andy Corren Do My Obit When The Time Comes?

Life's Rich Pageant

A graveyard near a steelmill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Virgil Abloh Made Clothing Special For Me

Arts And Culture

Dan McQuade

Virgil Abloh in a silly hat, sunglasses, Hartford Whalers jersey, and bright blue painters pants

Farewell To A Man’s Prose

The sun sets in Florida.

Film Lost Melvin Van Peebles Just When It Needed Him Most

Defector At The Movies

Israel Daramola

Melvin Van Peebles speaking at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2008.

Norm Macdonald Surprised Us One Last Time

Things We Actually Like

Barry Petchesky

ASPEN - FEBRUARY 28: Norm MacDonald performs during the US Comedy Arts Festival at the historic Wheeler Opera House February 28, 2003 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Brands/Getty Images)

Charlie Watts Knew It’s Not The Drummer, It’s The Song

MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 4: Drummer Charlie Watts Perform at the opening night of the European leg of The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour at the Olimpiahalle Spiridon on June 4, 2003 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

Champion Marathoner Fred Zalokar Found Dead In Yosemite

The Great Outdoors

Patrick Redford

A photo of Zalokar oout out by the National Parks Service as they sought information about him.

Greg Noll, The Surfer Who Became A Myth, Is Dead At 84

The Great Outdoors

Patrick Redford

Noll staring out at a huge wave.

Elgin Baylor, The Greatest And Most Important Athlete To Ever Come Out Of Washington, D.C., Is Dead

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