Archive - Jeff Pearlman's Journalism Yang Yang

December 2024

The Yang Slinger: Vol. XCVIII

A college football coach took to Twitter to mock and berate a reporter who had the audacity to ask a fair question. Can the journalist fight back?

Dec 20, 2024 •

The Yang Slinger: Vol. XCVII

BYU has reportedly forked over $7 million for a kid to play a few months of basketball—then drop out. How about we, the media, start covering shit with…

Dec 13, 2024 •

The Yang Slinger: Vol. XCVI:

Sports books used to find themselves all over the New York Times bestseller list. So what the hell happened? And is there hope? And does it even matter?

Dec 6, 2024 •

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May 2024

The Yang Slinger: Vol. XCI

My Tupac Shakur biography is due in three months. That sound you hear is me drowning.

May 31, 2024 •

The Yang Slinger: Vol. XC

All writers have quirks and bumps and oddities that help pull us through the depths of word hell. Here's the story behind (some of) them ...

May 17, 2024 •

The Yang Slinger: Vol. LXXXIX

There's a 14-year-old eighth grader in Highland Park, Ill. who's way ahead of the media game. And his name is Hal Steinberg.

May 10, 2024 •

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