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Before We Begin: Bacon and Yvette Mimieux

Every morning, we give you the best the Internet can offer up. Nothing too heavy — a tip or two, a story or video to glance at, and some wisdom to get you ready to kick ass with a grin. We'll…
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2013

The Winners' History of Rock and Roll, Part 1: Led Zeppelin

Zeppelin's enormous commercial success, in spite of critical opposition, revealed the deep division in what was once thought to be a homogenous audience. The division has now evolved into a clearly…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 8, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4454 words)

explore-blog: Gay Talese’s outline for the 1966...

explore-blog: Gay Talese’s outline for the 1966 classic Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, one of the best long-form magazine pieces ever penned, written on a shirt board.  (↬ The…

The Man Who Fell to Earth

“Hey, babe,” Lance Armstrong called to his girlfriend, Anna Hansen. “I’ll take the girls. Do they have all their gear? Shoes and whatnot?” He stood in the door of…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6708 words)

Americans of the Year: Trayvon

Published in the December 2012 issue, on sale any day now He wanted something sweet, he wanted to get out of the apartment for a while. He slid open the glass door of the patio and slipped out into…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 13, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2125 words)
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Esquire's Best Long Reads of the Election

Because the time for Grand Opinions is well passed, and because even Nate Silver can't help anyone understand much by now, and because Charlie is out reporting in Florida and the rest of our team is…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 5, 2012
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Chiarella: How Craig Fugate Has Changed FEMA in Time for Sandy

Published in the December 2011 issue Sensible, that shirt. So sensible. Nerdy, yes. But Craig Fugate's button-down does its job in about five separate ways. The billowing apron of big-and-tall…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 28, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2201 words)
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Chris Jones on Barry Zito

Published in the June 2002 issue NAT KING COLE IS ONSTAGE, bathed in smoke and blue light. Billiard-ball smooth, he rolls up to the microphone, silver in the haze, and opens his mouth. The first note…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 25, 2002
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2848 words)

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?

Originally published in the June 1986 issue Click here to read the six other greatest Esquire stories ever published -- in their entirety. Few men try for best ever, and Ted Williams is one of those.…
PUBLISHED: April 7, 2010
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1941 words)
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