When I was 19 years old, a production company paid me to attend the Super Bowl.

Sagal knows what it is to run away from problems, to need to be needed, and how much can be achieved through stubborn persistence.

Notre Dame is proud of its slogan: “God, Country, Notre Dame” (in that order). But the ease with which the punctuation slides into “God Country: Notre Dame” has a lot to do with football.

Jane Leavy chronicles Babe Ruth’s life and times, with a heavy emphasis not only on the culture Ruth played in, but the ways he radically altered that culture, with the help of his visionary agent Christy Walsh.

The shimmer of liberal democracy has been tarnished with grit and grime, dulled by wear and tear. We are stuck in the ring, brawling in our stars-and-stripes shorts.

At first, I blamed God for my injury. Then I thanked God for every step.