For decades, I was a big football fan, the kind of guy who knew the situational specialists for every team. Five months a year, I had a six day week; Sunday belonged to the NFL.Then, about five years ago I got heavily into advanced statistics (once a geek, always a

“So drink some prune juice and let the shit go.”—LudacrisIf you’re in NYC this weekend, keep an eye out for Al Sharpton on the dance floor at 40/40. He’ll be the one gripping a bottle of Moët, sandwiched in-between two supermodels with his tie loosened, sweating out his conk and

“I’m not broke. I’m just not liquid,” 45-year-old Evander Holyfield argued earlier this month upon narrowly avoiding a court appearance on charges that he was around $9,000 behind in court-ordered child support payments for one of his 11 children.But there’s no denying that as recently as two weeks ago, the

Palace Council (Knopf, 2008) Prologue: “The Council”The lawyer was nervous, and that was odd. His hands trembled on the steering wheel, and that was odder still. He had learned in the war that there was no sin in being afraid as long as the others never knew. He understood that

The grisly details of Baron Pikes’ violent death are remarkable. There’s the fact that Officer Scott Nugent jammed his Taser into the unarmed 21-year-old nine times in 14 minutes. There’s the fact that Pikes was handcuffed during each of those 50,000-volt shocks. And there’s the fact that witnesses heard Pikes,

Summer is officially in high gear, making it a perfect time for an open memo to all those women addicted to showing off their cracks and assets in public. Do the rest of us a favor—don’t!It’s OK to show a little décolletage, as long as you keep your headlights a