With the exception of undertakers, athletes are the only professionals obliged to feign sorrow on a daily basis, pretending that every June baseball loss is a tragedy requiring library silence in the clubhouse. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
My first interview at 'SI,' I sat in silence next to Guy LaFleur for five minutes on the New York Rangers team bus until he finally broke the ice. Those early interviews, every one of them was like a terrible… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Outside Buckingham Palace, the Royal Standard flies only when the reigning monarch is in residence. Sadly, there's no similar flag outside The Woods Jupiter,… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As good as NFL Films is at making players human, it's even better at making players superhuman. No Hollywood studio has made movies that… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
I'm an unabashed sports photo fanboy, the kind of weirdo who seeks out the infinitesimal picture credits. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Scarcity drives up demand, and the short golf season in Minnesota makes residents of that state mad for the sport. It's the same reason… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had to turn… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57.… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
“At that hour, a shaft of sunlight shone through stained glass. Which is to say, windows whose glass was comprehensively stained—by a double-glazing of… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
As life speeds by, nostalgia has a shorter pregnancy. Games still in progress are given the straight-to-sepia status of "Instant Classics" no matter how… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
