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Colin Fleming

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Literature writings

Sports writings

Beatles writings

USA Today

Celebrating that one time a year lately when baseball is truly baseball

New York Daily News

The NFL, "Lift Every Voice," and Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," an anthem of real inclusivity beyond anthems

New York Daily News

The new name of the Cleveland baseball team and our tendency to play not to lose, and thus lose as a result

New York Daily News

The importance of Negro League players and their stats finally getting the recognition they've long deserved

Chicago Tribune

Anton Chekhov's invaluable Easter insight

New York Daily News

Take a lesson from Oscar Wilde this St. Patrick's Day and don't pull a Dorian Gray

USA Today

Tom Brady isn't old and neither are you

New York Daily News

Hank Aaron as the perfect ballplayer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Don't miss out on the best part of Handel's Messiah

The Wall Street Journal

Looking past John Lennon's overrated "Imagine" and turning to "Help!"

New York Daily News

Tips for a lonely Thanksgiving

New York Daily News

The ultimate triumph of Satchel Paige

The Wall Street Journal

Why you should listen to the genius music of America's Mozart

The Wall Street Journal

Getting lost in the woods and finding the truth

The Wall Street Journal

The benefits of going sport-less for the rest of 2020 (and for sports appreciation, too)

New York Daily News

On the Easter Challenge, something for the devout and atheists alike

The Wall Street Journal

Lose the New Year's Resolutions and play the Week Game

New York Daily News

On the subject of "womandspreading"

The Wall Street Journal

Oscar the Grouch and the lost art of being a good grouch and critical thinking

The Wall Street Journal

Time to ditch the misandry and realize that the issue is humansplaining, not mansplaining

The Wall Street Journal

A rare photograph of Lou Gehrig's last appearance in uniform, and why baseball is our wisest sport

The Wall Street Journal

The NHL playoffs and hockey's powerful (and entertaining) anti-classism

New York Daily News

Why you should liberally practice cultural appropriation

New York Daily News

How the New England Patriots are good for you

The Wall Street Journal

How Jackie Robinson changed how the game of baseball was played (without a single mention of race)

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