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Lardner's laudings and lamentations:
Book, television, film reviews



Ring Lardner stands as perhaps America's most literary sportswriter. He delved into fiction and produced some of the nation's best realistic sports fiction. What follows are essays and reviews on sports books, films, TV shows and music.


A film about the meek with a mighty message. By David Bulla of Ebbets Field

Remnick delivers a sting with 'King.' By Bobby Booker Jr. of Ebbets Field

Review of Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We Are Afraid to Talk About It. By Jon Entine. Reviewed by Jim Holt in the New York Times

There's no business like shoe business. Review of Sole Influence: Basketball, Corporate Greed and the Corruption of America's Youth by Dan Wetzel and Don Yaeger. Reviewed by Andrew Zimbalist of the Washington Post

Review of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss. Review by Allen St. John of the New York Times

Fatal Attraction. Review of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Review by Alastair Scott in the New York Times

What are the best sports films? See our selections in The Sportlight section of Ebbets Field


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