Good Stuff You Read This Week 9/19

This piece by Andrew Sullivan hit me pretty hard.

Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness — and Yours

Really liked this New Yorker piece on Times restaurant critic Pete Wells and the power he wields.

Pete Wells Has His Knives Out

A really interesting and nuanced look by Jonathan Jones (in his first SI piece) at the differences between Cam Newton and Kaepernick when they talk about race.

Cam Newton's ever-changing stance on race

 

It's on the Penn State thread already, but Mike Wise's first-person story should be here too.

Penn State doesn’t get to decide JoePa’s legacy: I know

 

Thread title should be 9/19, right?

 

I know it's a pro wrestling story, but Bleacher Report's Jason King writes a detailed account of the life and death of Joanie (Chyna) Lauer.

She had a very rough childhood, had a huge wrestling career, quit because of a contract negotiation and saw her life spiral into drugs, alcohol and porn.

The Great Fall of Chyna

 

Yes. Mistyped for some reason. Hopefully a mod can change.

 

You can adjust a thread hed during the first few days. Look for a small menu box in the upper right of the OP.

 

Wonder if Marilyn Hagerty gets the Pete Wells treatment?

 

I liked the Sullivan piece, but I felt bad I was reading it on my phone so I didn't finish it.

 

Wright's profile of Theo is great.

Inside Theo Epstein's master mind

 

Putting this here now, with plans to read it later.

Mike Tyson on life after boxing, parenting

 

This piece on former Sonics lottery pick Robert Swift is excellent.

Can Robert Swift revive his NBA career and life?

 

I was just about to post that. Really well done. Kinda sad, because he seems like he's trying to get his life back in order, but basketball-wise, he's dealing with back pain and his family is zero help to him except when it comes to trying to relieve him of money.