Hating Coach K

For the author, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski had inspired odium, disgust, and vitriol for as long as he could remember. Then he got to meet the bastard.

Source: Esquire
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,493 words)

Hood

Last November, when Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas, the country watched, riveted and scared. But to the people of this small American city, war is nothing new.

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 49 minutes (12,279 words)

‘Who’s Gonna Get Me a Beer?’ An interview with Lee Marvin

MALIBU, 1970 — The door flew open from inside, revealing Lee Marvin in a torrid embrace, bent over Michelle Triola, a fond hand on her rump. “Love!” he said. “It’s all love in this house. Nothing but love. All you need is love . . .”

Source: Esquire
Published: Oct 10, 1970
Length: 29 minutes (7,408 words)

Roger Ebert: The Essential Man

It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak. Now television’s most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 26 minutes (6,633 words)

Tim Pawlenty: The Esquire Interview

The Minnesota governor, whom many expect to run for president in 2012, on bailouts, health care, whether Obama is a socialist, and where Republicans go from here

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 35 minutes (8,854 words)

Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Care if You Like Her

Everybody’s got something to say about the most powerful woman in the world. Right, Left, smart, stupid — they all paint her their own way, to their own advantage. But she just wants to win.

Source: Esquire
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Length: 28 minutes (7,244 words)

This Is What Happens to You on Steroids

Steroids make you big and strong and throw a ball like Roger Clemens. Do you know what else happens? A firsthand account from a man who will never do it again.

Source: Esquire
Published: Apr 1, 2008
Length: 30 minutes (7,575 words)

The First 3,650 Days

As we move into the next era of American history, let’s take a moment to look back ten years and see how we got ourselves here — and discover the biggest thing we learned about ourselves

Source: Esquire
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Length: 15 minutes (3,818 words)

How I Convinced a Death-Row Murderer Not to Die

Eight years ago, Christian Longo murdered his wife and three children. On the lam, he assumed the identity of the author, a man he’d never met. Now their long, twisted relationship culminates in a final, chilling bargain.

Source: Esquire
Published: Jan 1, 2010
Length: 16 minutes (4,173 words)

Where to Find the Salvation of Tiger Woods

For one suddenly tortured cynic, at least, it’s close to home. Because if there’s not a geek playing a hound playing a perfect man in your family, the one being wrung out by the tabloids has still laid bare a new power for men who cheat: the power of the truth

Source: Esquire
Published: Dec 7, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,598 words)