Tag Archives: A.J. Liebling

Shut Up: Ring Lardner Explained

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

From the first time I read a Ring Lardner short story (“Haircut,” I believe, like a billion other American high schoolers), I’ve been a huge fan of his work. So much so that back in the ’70s and ’80s I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A World's Serious, A.J. Liebling, Andrew Ferguson, Dave Barry, Donald Barthelme, Ernest Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, George Saunders, Haircut, James Thurber, Joseph Mitchell, Li’l Abner, Own Your Own Home, Pogo, Ring Lardner, Ron Rapoport, The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner, The Portable Ring Lardner, The Savvy Rube, The Weekly Standard, The Young Immigrunts | 3 Comments

Leigh Montville Has 20/20 Heinz Sight in WSJ Review

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff is a longtime fan of the great W.C. Heinz, and we’re hoping everyone else will catch up with us thanks to the Library of America’s new publication, The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W.C. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Babe Ruth, Bill Littlefield, Damon Runyon, Death of a Racehorse, ESPN, Gare Joyce, Grantland Rice, Jimmy Cannon, Library of America, New York Sun, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, The Top of His Game, W.C. Heinz | Leave a comment

NYT’s Jim Brosnan Obit Lacks Heinz-Sight

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Jim Brosnan, a baseball-hurler-turned-word-twirler, died last week, as the New York Times noted yesterday. From the estimable Bruce Weber’s obit: Jim Brosnan, Who Threw Literature a Curve, Dies at 84 Jim Brosnan, who achieved modest baseball success as a relief … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Bernard Malamud, Bruce Weber, Cincinnati Reds, Death of a Racehorse, Ernest Hemingway, Floyd Patterson, Frank Graham, Fred Lieb, Grantland Rice, Jim Brosnan, Jimmy Cannon, John Lardner, Jonathan Yardley, Lou Boudreau, Lou Gehrig: Boy of the Sandlots, New York Sun, New York Times, Once They Heard the Cheers, Player-Manager, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, Sports Illustrated, The Baseball Story, The Long Season, The Natural, W.C. Heinz, Washington Post, You Know Me Al | 2 Comments

Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (What The Hell Just Happened? Edition)

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

When Milan Lucic scored at 12:11 of the third period to put the Boston Bruins up 2-1 in last night’s Stanley Cup Finals Game 6, the hardwatching staff was pretty sure the Chicago Blackhawks would come back to tie the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago The Second City, Milan Lucic, Rudyard Kipling, Stanley Cup playoffs | 3 Comments

Why We Love The Stanley Cup Playoffs (Broons Broom Edition)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Okay, so ten days ago the hardwatching staff comes to you and says, “Listen – the Boston Bruins will sweep the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals and not only that, the B’s will limit the Pens (the highest-scoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Adam McQuaid, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago The Second City, Doc Emrick, Original Six, Pittsburgh Penguins, WeSeeHockey | 3 Comments

Great American Sportswriter Lists Lack Heinz Sight

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Two recent pieces (not to be confused with Reese’s Pieces) about American sportswriters have excluded one name from the roll call of the best at their craft: W.C. Heinz, Heavyweight Champion of the Word as Jeff MacGregor dubbed him in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Brownsville Bum, Damon Runyon, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Heavyweight Champion of the Word, Jeff MacGregor, Jim Murray, Jimmy Breslin, Last King of the Sports Page, New York Times, Nicholas Dawidoff, Once They Heard the Cheers, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, Roger Angell, Sports Illustrated, The Professional, W.C. Heinz, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Heinz Sight Is 20-20

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Party desk: The hardworking staff finally read the New York Times review of At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing (co-edited by redoubtable local scribe George Kimball). The anthology includes pretty much everyone you’d expect, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, At the Fights, Brownsville Bum, Bummy Davis, George Kimball, M*A*S*H, Norman Mailer, Pete Hamill, W.C. Heinz | 2 Comments

Stories The Hardworking Staff Is Not On This Earth Long Enough To Read (II)

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Again, via Mediaite: Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze.com Gets Inside Keith Olbermann’s Head Why does the hws even mention this dreck? Because we can’t believe this is what the news media delivers these days. The great A.J. Liebling said, “The function … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Mediaite, The Blaze | 2 Comments

Second City Finish First?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

The chin-strokerati are all aquiver over Pres. Obama’s trip to Copenhagen to flack Chicago for the 2016 Olympic Games venue. GOPniks, on the other hand, say Obama should stick to his knitting at home (see: Republican stonewalling on health care), … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2016 Olympics, A.J. Liebling, Chicago, Obama Copenhagen, Second City | 1 Comment

Seersuckah

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Funny – I was thinking about summer wardrobes tonight as the Missus and I got ready to go out for a nice (birthday – mine) dinner, when what did I encounter but David Ignatius’ post on the Daily Beast about, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A.J. Liebling, Daily Beast, David Ignatius, Earl Long | 1 Comment