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* The things we keep: The National
Twenty years ago, next January 31, The National Sports Daily made its debut. In the pre-Internet days, the mission statement of this publication was to provide readers with as much information as quic… more →
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* The things we keep: The National
ronkaplan wrote 2 weeks ago: Twenty years ago, next January 31, The National Sports Daily made its debut. In the pre-Internet day … more →
* New titles from Bloomsbury
ronkaplan wrote 2 weeks ago: Their official spring-summer 2010 catalog isn’t online yet, but Bloomsbury is printing one new … more →
* As Steve Martin used to say...
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: “But the most amazing thing of all: I get paid for doing this” (the closing lines for on … more →
*TWIBB -- October 9
ronkaplan wrote 2 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, October 9 … more →
* Weathermen and sports journalists (con't.)
ronkaplan wrote 2 months ago: So I went back to the baseball publications that came out prior to opening day. These included only … more →
* TWIBB -- September 25
ronkaplan wrote 2 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, September … more →
* Ball Four: The gift that keeps on giving
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: The Hardball Cooperative now features a “book club” to discuss those watershed titles on … more →
* Before there was Moneyball...
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: I was doing some research about Allan Roth, the Stephen Hawking of statisticians and came across thi … more →
* TWIBB -- September 11
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, September … more →
* Weathermen and sports prognosticators
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: These are the only professions where you can be wrong a good portion of the time and still keep your … more →
*The ethics of sportswriting
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: Former NY Times baseball writer Murray Chass takes on the subject of anonymous sources in his most r … more →
* TWIBB -- Aug. 28
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 21 … more →
* Gray Lady Down
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: (to borrow a film title). We all know the difficulties the newspaper industry are going through. I l … more →
* TWIBB -- Aug. 21
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 21 … more →
* TWIBB -- Aug. 14
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 14 … more →
* A few of my favorite things
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: Baseball, books on language, and Roy Blount, Jr. So how cool is it to combine all three? The sportsw … more →
* Just out of curiosity... (cheating in baseball)
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: I was finishing up my run this afternoon. My thighs were clenching, still sore from yesterday’ … more →
* CYA for NYT?
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: Last week, Charles McGrath had written about “The Red Sox Nation, Betrayed.” This week, … more →
TWIBB -- Aug. 7
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 7. … more →
