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Who am I? My name is Jon Finkel and I’m the author of Hoops Heist, The Athlete, “Mean” Joe Greene, The Dadvantage, Heart Over Height, Jocks in Chief and more. I previously wrote for GQ, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Comedy Central and Yahoo! Sports.
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ISSUE #79 – Vince Vaughn & Dr. J & David Epstein’s Range
ISSUE #78 – Kevin Bacon & Evernote & Slam Balls & Barry Bonds
ISSUE #77 – Big Pun & Dennis Eckersley & Plant Protein
ISSUE #76 – Shaq & Nolte, Blue Chips, T-Shirts, David Mamet and Tony Hawk
ISSUE #75 – All-American Apollo Creed
ISSUE #74 – The Summer Reading List
ISSUE #73 – Heavyweight Champion Charles Barkley
ISSUE #72 – Stallone as The Terminator, a Golf Swing Koepka Would Envy, Favreau’s Chef Show, Carlton on Kids and more…
ISSUE #71 – Deleted Titans Denzel Scenes, D-Day Stories, John Candy, Fat Gripz for Muscles, F. Scott Fitzgerald…
ISSUE #65 – Ralph Macchio Waxes Karate Kid, One-Arm 225 Bench, Tiger’s Flip Book, Arnold, Reading Encyclopedias & more
ISSUE #64 – Jeopardy’s New Genius, Ted Williams, Back-Saving Spinal Hygiene, George RR Martin’s kindness & more…
ISSUE #63 – Walter Payton’s Last TD, Andrew Dice Clay’s Lost Variety Ad, Swimmers vs. Runners, a PDF hack and more…
ISSUE #62 – Remembering Nomar, the 3-point shooting savant, Mel Gibson & Vince Vaughn, Thomas Edison and more…
ISSUE #61 –Vintage Garry Shandling, DMX steakhouse rap, Susan Orlean’s masterpiece, PB&J Protein and more…
ISSUE #60 –MJ’s Famous Fax, My #1 Protein Powder Flavor, Beating Lunch Stress, Harold Arceneaux and more…
ISSUE #59 – Live from Inside the Bomb Cyclone, Gerald Ford Big Pimpin’, Ski Patrol 30 years later and…
ISSUE #58 –LL Cool J, an 830-Mile Air Force March, NBA Star Odds, old Herschel Walker footage and…
ISSUE #57 – One Q w/ Gronk, Genius Mushrooms, the 4-Minute Foot Massage and…
ISSUE #56 – One Q w/ a 4x NBA All-Star, Mark Twain, George Washington, Tony Gwynn and…
ISSUE #55 – Stephen King’s Metallica secret, Oprah, Bruce Smith & StairMasters and…
ISSUE #54 – A James Brown Conspiracy, Jujimufu, a Frank Robinson quote and more…
ISSUE #53 – Jackie Robinson’s Best Quote, Mocking the Peloton, Minnesota Fats & Friends…
ISSUE #52 – Air Jordans made out of cake, Eugen Sandow & Lion Wrestling
ISSUE #51 – The NBA’s Caffeine Addiction, Avengers & a Fat Finger Keyboard Solution
ISSUE #50 – A David Letterman prank, a deep dive on The Sopranos’ last scene, and more
ISSUE #49 – Mean Gene and Macho Man, the Hilarious Spice Adams, Bill Gates’ Curious Thoughts
ISSUE #48 – New Spider-Man workout playlist, scientists study boogers, James Clear is Smart
ISSUE #47 – The 15 Most Memorable Books I Read in 2018
ISSUE #46 – The 2-Second Stiff Neck Fix, the Godmother of the Word Processor, Kareem
ISSUE #44 – The Behemoth Bovine, a Perfect Book Light, LeBron’s Rare Training Regimen and more…
ISSUE #43 – A Winston Churchill Adventure, Darts & Farts, Dr. Seuss, Creed 2, America’s Best Burger and more…
ISSUE #38 – Octopus IQs, Mariano Rivera’s childhood glove, Jack LaLanne Push-Ups and more…
ISSUE #37 – Rooibos Tea, Best American Sportswriting & the War Against American Cheese
ISSUE #36 – Live Brown Bears, Cold Brew, Colonel Gary Steele & Neal Brennan
ISSUE #35 – New Creed 2 Villain & OpenShot Software & The Green Brothers & the end of gyms
ISSUE #34 –Ticketmaster Mess & the OneBlade to Rule Them All & Lunchlady Land and more
ISSUE #33 – The Effective Executive, Where Your Old Phone Goes, Larry Bird Highlights & more
ISSUE #32 – History of Gold’s Gym, Top Flight Beef Jerky, Little Girl Owns Box Jump and more
ISSUE #31 – The Athlete in Paperback, the 30th Anniversary of Naked Gun, New York BBQ and more
ISSUE #30 – Reviving the Woolly Mammoth, the Perfect Laptop Lap Desk, King Tea Purple Tea and Rodney Dangerfield
ISSUE #29 – The Sporkful on The Simpsons, Unwifeable, Esquire’s Aretha Franklin Profile and more
ISSUE #28 – Jon Gruden’s Amazing Right Hand Man, A Great Back Cushion, Doctor Peter Attia’s Podcast and more
ISSUE #27 – Starting the New Life of Dad Book, Shea Serrano’s The Office PDF, Iverson & his Kids and more
ISSUE #26 – Sapiens: the book, 7-11 Coffee, and a Jimmy Garoppolo Feature
ISSUE #25 – Seinfeld & Chappelle, the $12.4 Billion Mistake, Cranberry Beef Jerky, Robert Greene and the Thesaurus
ISSUE #24 –Springsteen Business Tips, Bullet Proof Cold Brew, Summer Burpee Challenge
ISSUE #23 –Smart Phone Protector, Longform on Wiffle Ball, Mr. T and Humility and more
ISSUE #22 – Laptop Grime, Stephen King, Insane Ocean Photos, the Mud Volcano and more
ISSUE #21 – Best-Named Summer Beer & a Speed Reading App & Christine Brennan on Swimming & Jim Brown’s New Bio
ISSUE #20 – The 2018 Summer Reading List
ISSUE #19 – Bankrupt Twinkies & Meatheads Gone Wrong & New Summer Socks & In-N-Out Upgrade with Chick-Fil-A
ISSUE #18 –Speed Reading Video & Thunderbird Protein Bars, Top Gun 2 and more
ISSUE #17 – Sam Malone Today & New Matcha Green Tea & High Rep Deadlifts
ISSUE #14 – Students Buy Teacher Jordans & Wired EIC on Publishing & Power Waffles
ISSUE #13 – Sly’s Creed 2 Notes & Westworld’s Real World Budget & Ice Cream Protein Before Bed
ISSUE #12 – The Sandlot, Teddy Roosevelt, New Protein Bars and More…
ISSUE #11 – Jim Stoppani’s Pre-Workout & Andre the Giant’s Documentary & SI For Sale. Again.
ISSUE #10 – Returning Paper Airplane & Daniel Pink’s When & Giant Jenga & a 10-Minute Jump Rope Workout
ISSUE #9 – Death by Slam Ball Workout & Peanut Butter Bars & the Smart Phone Tripod & Rock the Bells Radio
ISSUE #8 – Laird Hamilton’s New Documentary & the Fastest 200 Freestyle & Black Rifle Coffee & Quotes on Stairs
ISSUE #7 – My Cousin Vinnie 2 & Black Panther Comics & Gorilla Kettlebells & Harold Arceneaux
ISSUE #6 – A Writer’s Revenge & Eliminating Tech Neck & the 5×5 Plus 1 Workout & an Otherworldly Cupcake Hack
ISSUE #1 – A Mr. Rogers Classic Profile & the Born Strong Documentary & Cinder Blocks & the Joy of Topo Chico