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Colin Fleming

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Op-eds

Literature writings

Sports writings

Beatles writings

Chicago Tribune

The Socratic wisdom of October baseball

New York Daily News

Playoff baseball's insipring rhythms

Chicago Tribune

The importance of not becoming a football couch zombie

Chicago Tribune

The boundlessness of Ryne Sandberg

New York Daily News

Stair running for life

Chicago Tribune

Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush and the value of a holding pattern

New York Daily News

America's finest war film, 1945's The Story of G.I. Joe

Los Angeles Times

The wisdom of Norm Peterson, barfly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yogi Berra's centennial and the wisdom of catchers

Chicago Tribune

Three real mothers and one true mom

New York Daily News

The Beatles' "In My Life" and the grand sweep of love

Chicago Tribune

Stop blaming the refs for why your team lost

New York Daily News

D.W. Griffith and the art of compartmentalization

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Don't let New Year's Eve dictate your relationship with time

New York Daily News

The greatest episode of The Twilight Zone and why nostalgia will kill you

The Baltimore Sun

A lasting love for Rankin-Bass's 1974 special, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

New York Daily News

The commanding Lauren Bacall

Chicago Tribune

Going back to school and a very special teacher

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Keep moving with Miles Davis and Kind of Blue

The Guardian

The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night and joy

Chicago Tribune

New York Daily News

Willie Mays: Beyond a ballplayer

The Baltimore Sun

MLB does the Negro League greats a disservice

San Francisco Chronicle

On the value of witches

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hank Aaron, baseball's value king

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