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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

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May 19, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Babe Ruth, Baseball, DiMaggio, Jesus Christ, Mantle, New York, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Sports, Yankees faith, Michelangelo, Muscular Jesus, nostalgia, Sistine Chapel, Sports

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

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May 15, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Baseball, Politics, Pop Culture, Sports1 Comment on Of Henry Cisneros, Dreams and Mortality

Looking for Hemingway

IN THE FALL OF 1975, WHEN MY WIFE decided she wanted a divorce, I moved into a quaint though dilapidated cottage in an

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May 5, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Bullfights, Ernest Hemingway, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York, Pop Culture, Spain, Sports, Waco, West Hollywood Bullfights, Ernest Hemingway, Jackson Pollock, La Consula, Looking for Hemingway, Nena Davis, Spain, Teo Davis27 Comments on Looking for Hemingway

Napoleon & The Shroud

‘An inspiring book about a primal force of history and faith’ “Almost since the beginning of time, armies had marched into war

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March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 Tony Castro France, Jesus Christ, Judaism, Napoleon, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Spain, Sports

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

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February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Tony Castro Baseball, national politics, Politics, Pop Culture, presidency, Sports, Yankees

‘DiMag & Mick’ Reveals Mickey Mantle’s True Love

“Above Grand Central Station, there used to be this incredibly fabulously opulent apartment that looked like a palace that the original architect

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February 13, 2023February 16, 2023 Tony Castro Baseball, Mantle, New York, Pop Culture, Sports, Yankees baseball, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yankees

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The New York Times has acclaimed historian and author Tony Castro as the definitive biographer of baseball's greatest of all time Mickey Mantle. Educated at Baylor and Harvard, Tony is a former Washinton Post national correspondent and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Signed copies of all his books are available at https://tonycastrobooks.com.

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