Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture

Home
Notes
Archive
Leaderboard
About
Fritz and Susanne and Mike and Marilyn (1973)
Or, the most unique swap in baseball history.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
1
"I don't like to be pushed" (1969)
O.J. Simpson, before and after.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
1
The Five: The Car Pool Lane (2004)
The swan song of America's most disgruntled sports fan.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
The Five: "Someday It Will Happen"
How one NCAA tournament wound up eclipsing the other.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
The Five (Say It Ain't So, Shohei)
Brief notes on an American scandal.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
1
Most Popular
View all
Subjectivity Over Fact (1969)
 • Michael Weinreb
1
City Primeval (1985)
 • Michael Weinreb
3
Short Circuit (1985)
 • Michael Weinreb
2
"Independently Published by Students"
 • Michael Weinreb
6
The End of the Innocence (1950)
Nearly 75 years after the CCNY scandal, what happens now with sports and gambling?
 • 
Michael Weinreb
1
The Five (March Madness Moments)
Cinderellas, near-misses, and the birth of a great American story.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
We (Not) Done With the 90s (1990)
On Michael Jordan Trutherism, and attacking the past.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
2
From the Archives: It's All Right To Cry (1974)
The Gump-ian life of Rosey Grier.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
3
Late-Stage College Sports (1985)
Can our shared disgust with the capitalistic creep of college sports help unite America?
 • 
Michael Weinreb
The Five (Farewells)
Brief obituaries for a few colorful characters.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
1
Storming the Court (1990s)
Channeling the impetuousness of youth.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
2
The Five (Man, That's Ugly)
How sports uniforms went from countercultural to corporate.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
3
I've Got Friends in Old Places (1928)
Why new sports venues aren't always better than the old ones.
 • 
Michael Weinreb
4
Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture
Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture
An Off the Beaten Path Exploration of Sports History, Culture, and Politics (and Assorted Minutiae)
Recommendations
View all 9
L
Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson
The Morning Line
The Morning Line
Paul Daugherty
NextDraft
NextDraft
Dave Pell
Numlock News
Numlock News
Walter Hickey
Neil’s Substack
Neil’s Substack
Neil Paine

Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2024 Michael Weinreb
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture