What we read while returning from our covert mission overseas…
- John Miller’s profile of Osama bin Laden for Esquire from 1999. And his New York Times obituary…
- We’re putting this together late on Sunday night, so we can’t see all the front pages across America. But it’s a fair bet the Newseum’s site collecting front pages will be an interesting place to look Monday morning. As a sidenote, the Newseum is awesome.
- The NFL players scored a pretty big victory last week when a federal judge lifted the lockout, even if the lockout returned almost immediately. Joe Posnanski even questioned if Roger Goodell was doing a good job as commissioner after Goodell published this absurd doomsday scenario. Meanwhile, the NBA is paying attention as it careens towards its own lockout.
- Some good sports news, though, will be the launch of Grantland.com in June.
- The NFL Draft happened, and Tim feels the same way he did about it last year. Jeff Pearlman wonders if the broadcast’s standout moment was worth the manipulation.
- Kristen Wiig was profiled in NYT Magazine to Josh’s delight.
- And the Atlantic talks with John Paul Stevens,who is going to publish a new book on the Chief Justices. Stevens, you may remember, was NPI’s Retiree of the Year.
- Was it really so long ago that Josh and Tim debated handwriting? Consider Katie Zezima’s piece in the NY Times the next rebuttal, followed by the aptly named Brian Palmer at Slate.
- We’re no longer fans of The Office, but we liked this piece in which Vulture wonders if the valedictory send-off for Michael Scott is a case of the writers confusing the character for the actor. James Poniewozik at Time takes a different angle. And here’s a useful site for a show we definitely enjoy, Parks and Recreation.
- A 1970 New York Magazine feature on the Best Pizza of New York doesn’t even look like it’s from 1970.
- Congratulations to Roger Ebert, who FINALLY won a New Yorker Caption Contest after 280 failed attempts.
- This is an interesting piece on President Obama’s foreign policy… but it doesn’t mention his birth certificate, so who cares? At least the birther fiasco has made Donald Trump look stupid…
