The NYT obit for Terry Taylor, the trailblazing editor of AP Sports for 21 years. Nicely done by Richard Sandomir nytimes.com/2023/11/24/spo…

'I never saw someone work harder or longer, care more or command more respect. Or strike more fear.' A spot-on appreciation of Terry Taylor from the great Ben Walker, former baseball writer for AP Sports, who knew her as well as anyone apnews.com/article/terry-…

RIP to Terry Taylor, longtime AP Sports chief. A great editor, trailblazing sports journalist, tough as nails and someone to whom I owe a great deal in terms of my career. She leaves a formidable legacy apnews.com/article/terry-…

In 2016, writers like Toni Morrison, Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and John le Carré told Alexandra Alter what made Robert Gottlieb such a great editor nytimes.com/2016/09/24/boo…

'His characters were outsiders, like him. ... The mainstream, however, eventually came to him.' The NYT obit of the literary titan Cormac McCarthy by the great Dwight Garner nytimes.com/2023/06/13/boo…

Sad news from Cormac McCarthy's publisher: 'Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy died today of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was eighty-nine years old. His death was confirmed by his son, John McCarthy.'

If Stan Kroenke hadn’t been interviewed first perhaps he would have had a chance to see how microphones work. (Right, Andrew Keh?) nytimes.com/2023/06/10/spo…

'I need to read more Larry Brown.' Great By the Book interview with S.A.Cosby (and everyone should read more Larry Brown) nytimes.com/2023/06/01/boo…

Good Bruce Feldman look at the state of Syracuse football, from its glory days in the late 80s and the 90s to now. Lots of love for 'mad scientist' George DeLeone theathletic.com/4561150/2023/0…

Always loved this scene between Tina Turner and Mick Jagger (from Stanley Booth’s great “The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones”)

On tour with Nas, house calls to Chris Webber's estate, branded posts from NBA All-Star weekend on Instagram. Kurtis Lee with a fascinating inside look at the world of influencer barbers nytimes.com/2023/05/20/bus…

Recalling the time in 2011 when William C. Rhoden took Jim Brown (and an The New York Times video crew) to his barbershop in Harlem nytimes.com/video/sports/1…

'this was more than an overturned bowl of bucatini.' Bonus points to Michael Levenson for the Strega Nona reference nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/…

An irony of this elegiac Maureen Dowd column is that I saw jimrutenberg in the office this week. Had a great conversation! Introduced him to Jordyn Holman too nytimes.com/2023/04/29/opi…

“It was like he blacked out or something. It was weird. If you listen to it, he was out of control.” This Marc Carig lookback on Lee Elia's famous Wrigley Field rant is glorious. AND PRINT IT! theathletic.com/4411204/2023/0…

Disney Sues DeSantis Over Control of Its Florida Resort nytimes.com/2023/04/26/bus…

The nullification — the latest in a string of actions against Disney by DeSantis and his allies — is likely to result in legal fireworks from the company.
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Hard to go wrong when you start with Beano Cook. Smart analysis by Bryan Curtis theringer.com/media/2023/4/2… via The Ringer

Stories that don't make deadline:

I got a late call for our article about tiny mistakes being met with gunshots.

It was an overnight Walmart worker named Gladybel. She was nearly killed by an armed neighbor.

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'for the average music fan, the once simple act of buying a ticket is now often a frustrating mess of high prices and surcharges, anxiety-inducing presale registrations, pervasive scalping and crushing competition.' Ben Sisario, comprehensive as always nytimes.com/2023/04/07/art…