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CHICAGO -- Don't say you won't read it. That's all I ask. Declaring a personal boycott on a book you haven't read is dangerous territory in a country where SAT reading scores have dropped to record lows, and journalism is under attack. Read th...

Jeff Pearlman's important book on Walter Payton is more than salacious anecdotes.

I grew up in a house that is about three miles from football's most famous hill. I was maybe 5 or 6 years old the first time my dad took me there. The area was a landfill then — mostly trash, brush, dirt, and rocks, with a few small paths carve...

Perhaps Walter Payton wasn't an angel but where is the shame in that?

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka dismissed the author of a controversial new book on Walter Payton as "totally gutless."

From the sound of it, not all of you are thrilled with a new book that delves into some dark issues in the life of Hall of Fame tailback Walter Payton. Among other things, Jeff Pearlman's "Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton," describes dr...

They called him Sweetness, but Chicago Bears great Walter Payton had a dark side, according to a biography to be released Oct. 4. An excerpt of "Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton," by Jeff Pearlman will appear in the Oct. 3 issue of S...

They called him Sweetness, but Chicago Bears great Walter Payton had a dark side, according to a biography to be released Oct. 4.

Reading the coverage ... Don Banks has an assessment of the current playoff picture. Jeff Pearlman picks his worst 100 NFL players of all time. Houston Texans The offense is having trouble producing a 60-minute effort, says John McClain. ...

Jeff Pearlman on the latest thing you can see from outer space: A disclaimer: This is meaningless. In the grand scheme of the world, who cares? Really, who cares. That said, what the hell were the Yankees thinking when they polluted sacred Monume...

Today's links are hoping that Lou Piniella isn't the last base-throwing manager ... How great is Josh Hamilton, really? Well, that all depends upon who (or what) you ask. Jeff Pearlman believes that Roger Clemens is a massive bundle of vanity. ...

After running through the particulars of the deal that sent Victor Zambrano to the Mets from the (then) Devil Rays and Scott Kazmir from the Mets to the Rays -- the six-year anniversary is a week from today -- Jeff Pearlman bends over pretty far back...

Yes, we do have the occasional Barry Bonds sighting (which was really weird, by the way). But Jeff Pearlman's right: Bonds has essentially vanished from our consciousness. He's invisible. Karma -- it ain't no joke. For most of his 22-year major lea...

Ex-major league first baseman Reggie Jefferson says that Mike Piazza used performance enhancing drugs. 1050 purchased a copy of Jeff Pearlman's "The Rocket That Fell to Earth," a new book on Roger Clemens, that is not supposed to be sold in stores un...

The University of Delaware could be poised to cut two men's sports, which would be a huge mistake.

Scott Brosius was an obscure Yankee third baseman until he became a World Series hero 10 years ago.