Articles by Joseph Epstein
- Batter Up Saturday, May 11, 2013
- The national pastime may be past its time. But those who think it’s boring need to think again.
- March Sanity Wednesday, March 20, 2013
- For a long while we have not been seeing college basketball at its best — the coaches are unpleasant and the most talented college-age players aren’t playing ...
- The Unnaturals Friday, February 22, 2013
- What to think when a player looks like a rocker, a Fiat mechanic, a cable guy, a terrorist — anything but the very competitive athlete he is.
- The Artist Athlete Friday, January 4, 2013
- Jocks sometimes rise to genuine athletic distinction, but they are not artist athletes, who comprise a different, more elevated category altogether.
- A Couch Potato at a Time of Transition Friday, November 9, 2012
- We’re living in an age of transition, and no one feels the sense of transition more strongly than a couch potato as one sports season slides into another.
- Football’s Head Games: The Concussion Question Friday, September 7, 2012
- A snake has been let loose in the autumn Saturday and Sunday afternoon Edens of those couch potatoes among us who love to watch football.
- The Long, Hot Summer Thursday, August 2, 2012
- The grave yawns, the economy is in the tubes, the world generally is in peril, yet, upon realizing that there is a game tonight, my heart takes a small but ...
- Anyone for Tennis? Friday, June 1, 2012
- Fifth-class player that I was, I seem to have retired from tennis, roughly half a century ago, just in time.
- The Complex Life of the Couch Potato Friday, February 3, 2012
- ‘If the question is about sports,’ legendary TV sports producer Don Ohlmeyer once said, ‘the answer is money.’ Whatever is a fan to do?