By: Jon Finkel Please enjoy this feature where author Jon Finkel (me) interviews MAGIC legend Jonny Magic (the other Jon Finkel) or vice versa: “Jon Finkels have to stick together.” I didn’t say that, Jon Finkel did. Confused? You’re not alone. For just under two decades Jon Finkel and I have been mistaken for each […]
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Jeff Pearlman: The Making of a New York Times Bestselling Sportswriter (and Admitted Book Whore)
By: Jon Finkel FBI profilers aren’t necessary to decode the personality traits and behavioral patterns that make up most successful sportswriters. The specific breed of journalist that Jeff Pearlman, the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime, The Bad Guys Won and Boys Will Be Boys, belongs to is one of the more prevalent strains […]
Pro Bull Riders On Excruciating Injuries and Why Bull Snot is Glorious
By: Jon Finkel Brendon Clark’s worst injury as a professional bull rider happened when a near one-ton American Bucking Bull thumped his chest, resulting in a lacerated liver, bruised lung and broken ribs, which sounds horrible. Yet it seems far more tolerable than having to lug your melon-sized, black and blue, swollen genitals around for […]