The Stacks Chat

Originally published in the Bronx Banter blog in 2003, this interview with Alex Belth was recently added to The Stacks Reader. Alex: Did you always want to be a sportswriter? Jane: I wanted to be a sportswriter because I wanted to be a writer, and a teacher once told...

‘Frontline’ Documentary on NFL Premieres Tonight on PBS

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussions Crisis premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on PBS. The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America’s indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault: thousands of...

Bill Simmons Report: Interview with Jane Leavy

Grantland contributor Jane Leavy spent the past decade writing sports biographies about Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle (recently released in paperback). We talked about Koufax and Mantle, Jane’s experiences in being part of the first wave of female sports...