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The death of "North Dallas Forty" author Peter Gent and the release of a controversial new biography of Walter Payton give rise to thoughts about football, pain and mythology.

Do the games we watch have the power to heal us? Not entirely. Rather, they give us protection and time so we can heal on our own, writes Tommy Tomlinson.

KC Joyner looks at the 2011 Rose Bowl. While Scott Tolzien had a great season for the Badgers, he may be a liability in this game -- and the reason is a very similar situation to how Bill Belichick game-planned Super Bowl XXV as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.

Story | Conversation | December 29, 2010

The Page 2 Vault revisits the work of David Halberstam.

The Page 2 Vault revisits the work of David Halberstam.

The Red Sox on Wednesday unveiled a new statue outside Fenway Park depicting Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio. The quartet shared a special camaraderie that was featured in David Halberstam's book, "The Teammates-Portrait of a...

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz On its surface, David Halberstam's "The Breaks of the Game" tells the story of how the Portland Trail Blazers, just two years removed from an NBA championship and with all the makings of a dynasty, fell back to earth. But ...

In his introduction to the new compilation "Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam," Glenn Stout recounts Halberstam's remarkable writing career.

In an excerpt from David Halberstam's new book on the Korean War, we meet Lieutenant Ben Boyd.

Why it's good to be Spc. O'Brien, the Sonics, Tags, the Cubs ... and bad to be Bill, Bonnie, the Irish and Upshaw.

A graduate student who drove David Halberstam when the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was killed in a car crash will be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, the prosecutors said Thursday.

In an excerpt from his book $#34;Summer of '49," David Halberstam chronicles the impact Joe DiMaggio had on baseball and America.

David Halberstam was remembered at a memorial service on Tuesday.

Bill Simmons grew up with the characters David Halberstam introduced him to, and for that he's eternally grateful.

The late David Halberstam brought the same passion and insight to sports that he did to the greater world, and Michael MacCambridge says we're all the better for it.

Jack Ramsay remembers David Halberstam as a great writer and a great friend.