Tommy Tomlinson

Glory, glory

I jumped straight out of my chair — my highest vertical leap since I was a teenager, a good solid three or four inches. My old roommate Zane looked at

Dreamland

Health update: Feeling great. Still sore from time to time, still can’t lift more than 20 lbs (doctor’s orders), still need regular naps. But closer to normal every day. And

Baseball on the radio

We got rid of our cable a few months back. We realized that we were just watching Netflix and sports, and I was watching too much sports. With 250 cable

The True Top Ten, Week 1

I started doing these True Top Ten rankings last year … for most of the season they looked nothing like the coaches’ or writers’ Top 10, and they made certain

We’re here.

Seven years ago, I first spoke to my agent about writing a book on my life as a fat man. Four years ago — after three years of being afraid

My year in books, 2017

I read 24 books this year. To be more exact, I guess, I finished 24 books this year — I’ve got a few more scattered around the house, but I’m

Losing the Lottery

So you build a backward team — a team born to lose. They go 7-59, the worst record in NBA history. You end up with the best chance to get

Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III, Knight Theater in Charlotte, 4/19/10

The house lights were still up when Loudon Wainwright III walked onto the stage. So he could see that the 1,200-seat Knight Theater, beautiful as it is, was maybe two-thirds

Life advice from Kanye West

The New York Times had a Q-and-A with Kanye West a couple days ago. For most of it, he’s his normal Kanye-lovin’ self — “I am the nucleus” and that

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

A new beginning, plus Lenny Kravitz

It’s a good week here. Sports on Earth launched on Monday, and I’ll be writing there several times a week for as long as they’ll have me. (My first piece

For a Moment, the Tiger of Old

He’s not back. Back means winning a major. Back means contending for more than one week in a row. Back means taking down Mickleson and McIlroy instead of Sabbatini and

Short Stories

Short Stories

Glory, glory

Dreamland

Baseball on the radio

The True Top Ten, Week 1

We’re here.

My year in books, 2017

Losing the Lottery

Richard Thompson / Loudon Wainwright III, Knight Theater in Charlotte, 4/19/10

Life advice from Kanye West

DP, RIP

A new beginning, plus Lenny Kravitz

For a Moment, the Tiger of Old