Tommy Tomlinson

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Today I’m going to do you a favor. I’m going to tell you about a band that people all over the country are going to be talking about in a

Knowing Frank

The last time I saw Frank Barrows, just a few weeks ago, he wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. He always wanted to talk about journalism and basketball. Sometimes

DP, RIP

If newspapers do go under one day, the thing I’ll miss most is working on a team. Of course you can do good stories alone, as a freelancer. But a

Apologies

To the five or six people in the world who have this blog on an RSS feed: You probably saw a couple of weird posts today. There was a multimedia

Greatest Hits of 2013

What follows, in no particular order, is my best work from the past year. But first, some thank-yous: Larry Burke at Sports on Earth, for letting me explore. Elizabeth Hudson

A book note

You might have seen me mention this already — I’ve put it out there once or twice — so this morning I’ll do it one last time: “The Best American

A Prince story

I went looking for the ticket stub today but couldn’t find it. I’ve kept the stubs from almost every concert and ballgame I’ve ever been to, but somehow this one

Anniversary

Twelve years ago today, we stood in front of our family and friends, me in a rented tuxedo, Alix in a dress she made herself. Twelve years ago today, we

Snow day

We woke up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on the ground and more coming down. This was on top of all the unmelted snow that hardened into

Guest post

My brilliant sportswriter friend Joe Posnanski (author of the best blog in the history of the Internet) asked me to write something for his other blog, on the future of

What fixes you?

I was driving home Wednesday, feeling a little down, not sure why, and the Black Crowes’ “Jealous Again” came on the radio. Somehow it was exactly what I needed. Their

The guru

This piece won’t be as good as it would have been if Jay Lovinger were around to edit it. Here’s how he worked, at least with me: He would read

Short Stories

Short Stories

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Knowing Frank

DP, RIP

Apologies

Greatest Hits of 2013

A book note

A Prince story

Anniversary

Snow day

Guest post

What fixes you?

The guru