Stephen Rodrick
Stephen Rodrick
Stephen Rodrick is an American journalist who is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor for Men's Journal. He also writes for Rolling Stone. Rodrick writes mostly about politics, film, and sports, often following his subjects around for months before writing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
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The everybody-loves-Jeff Bridges home base is, of course, 'The Big Lebowski.'
All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.
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The thing about living without a father if he's always gone is that it takes a long time to realize he isn't coming home.
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I arrive a month premature, with my dad's brains but not much else.
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From the outside, Rick Rubin's house above Zuma Beach is a generic millionaire beach home. There's a rarely used tennis court and a circular drive.
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I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.
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There are many reasons why I hate college football. The 4-hour games drone on longer than Steve Lyons during the American League playoffs. The ever-expanding season threatens to creep into early July. Boise, Idaho, hosts a bowl game. And it's played on blue artificial turf.
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James Salter has been a fighter pilot, a rogue, and a climber. He counts Robert Redford as a friend.
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Unlike the LeBrons and A-Rods of the world, anointed as special from pre-K, Matt Leinart exudes an approachability rarely seen in superstars. It's why kids on the autograph line chat him up like a buddy with whom they could stay up late playing Xbox.
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More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.
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When superstars go down, no matter how sympathetic the circumstances, fans know the franchise could be sunk.
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Peter Rodrick was one of only around 4,000 men in the world qualified to land jets on a carrier after dark.
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The only reason baseball's numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players - even the game's greats - peter out just barely before they reach them.
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The Smithsonian should box and preserve Tim McGraw's Nashville den for a future exhibit entitled 'Early 21st Century American Man Cave.'