Opinion

Sports

Remembering The Forgotten Of The Sports World

5:09am December 02, 2015

by Frank Deford

Sports gets bigger all the time. But even in the biggest bull markets, there are always a few stocks that fail. The same is true in sports history. Whatever happened to the Little Brown Jug? Bowling?

A vendor arranges portraits of Pope Francis outside the Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda, in preparation for the papal visit.

Dear Pope Francis, As You Visit Uganda, Here's What You Should Know

8:06am November 27, 2015

The pope arrives in the country on Friday. Commentators James Kassaga Arinaitwe and Viviane Rutabingwa give him a crash course in the country's issues.

Sports

There Are No Winners Without Losers

10:26am November 25, 2015

by Frank Deford

Somebody has to lose, right? So, let's learn from defeat.

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Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. Love it or loathe it, the dish has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food.

Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

8:11pm November 24, 2015

by Peggy Lowe

The classic Midwestern casserole, which turns 60 this year, has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Even those who grew up with it but can't abide it admit: It tastes like home.

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Anne Bernays leaves the Walter Lippmann House after teaching a fiction writing class for Nieman Foundation fellows at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

National

Gray-Haired Granny? An 85-Year-Old Writer Goes Punk Rock Instead

10:28am November 18, 2015

by Anne Bernays

When novelist Anne Bernays became a great-grandmother, she dyed her hair bright blue. She says young people tend to treat the elderly as if they're dumb, "whereas I feel like I'm still a teenager."

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