It’s a Miracle I’m a Writer Friends with whom I grew up or who know the story of how I was almost thrown into a special education classroom in the second grade often marvel that I’ve built a life with words. They shake their heads and say, “It’s a miracle you’re a writer.”
Why I’ve Written About Mickey Mantle I WAS ATTRACTED TO THE double tragedy of Mickey’s youth and his death hanging over him and how he loses the one Read More
The Religion of Sports: From Michelangelo to Derek Jeter IF I WERE TO SAY MICHELANGELO AND SISTINE CHAPEL, what image would immediately come to mind? For most people, I think, it Read More
Of Henry Cisneros, Dreams and Mortality MY FATHER NEVER said so, but I always got the impression that he wished Henry Cisneros had been his son. Henry and Read More
A Conversation with Author Tony Castro New York Times bestselling author Tony Castro talks about his new book Maris & Mantle: Two Yankees, Immortality and the Age of Camelot, and the Read More
The Baseball Presidency: The Making of George W. Bush This story was originally published in Inside Houston magazine in 2001. GEORGE W. BUSH REMEMBERS THE most memorable experience of his freshman year Read More