Originally from Billings Montana, Patrick Sauer is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. patrickjsauer@mac.com
These Vintage Photos of Venus and Serena Williams Reveal the Truth of ‘King Richard’
A young, Black athlete in Compton was making a name for herself on the tennis court, so Lyons grabbed a 35mm camera to get some action shots for the next edition. It was as basic as sports photojournalism gets. “Where I was sent to shoot an up-and-coming tennis player was interesting because...
The Man Behind ‘Pam & Tommy’ on His Fascination with Sad-Sack Men, Pamela Anderson’s Resiliency and Crafting the Perfect Animatronic Penis
Showrunner Robert Siegel, the former editor-in-chief of ‘The Onion’ and the screenwriter of ‘The Wrestler,’ takes us through his Hulu recreation of the sex scandal that defined the 1990s — and forever tore down the veil of celebrities’ private lives
Introducing "The Greatest Racing Stadium in the World"
Yes, it's true. The Los Angeles Coliseum was home to the 2022 Nascar season kick-off. A tight hairpin new track was constructed around the field that's home to USC football, and has hosted the Dodgers, Rams, Rolling Stones and Evel effin' Knieval.
The Bitter Life Of A Shattered Jockey: A Mostly True Story
Mary Bacon lived a life nobody could imagine, nor would they want to. Truly tragically one-of-a-kind.
How Michael Keaton Became America’s Moral Compass
Michael Keaton is killing it role-after-role playing complicated American male archetypes, letting us see ourselves as we really are.
How Cameo Turned D-List Celebs Into a Monetization Machine
Get to know the personalized celebrity greeting company whose top earner is the legend Gilbert Gottfried. For the lover of Aladdin and The Aristocrats alike...
The McCarren Park Pool Parties: An Oral History
In August of 2017, I was swimming with my 6-year-old daughter in Brooklyn’s sparkling redo of the McCarren Park Pool, when I had a major flashback. I turned to her and attempted to explain the impossible.
“Daddy used to go to concerts here.”
The Very Emo Reformation of Chris Jones
The former ‘Esquire’ tough guy and author of the new book ‘The Eye Test’ has gone from social media pugilist to wanting to help everyone unlock their most creative selves.
The Last Normal Day: Cancer, Covid, and Cabernet
I don’t do much personal essaying anymore, but inspired by the great “Last Normal Day” series at Luke O’Neil’s Welcome to Hell World substack (and because I couldn’t get my shit together in time to send it to him before it went on hiatus), I wrote about a decadent French dinner in Manhattan shared with my Dad, his wife Terry, and our Brooklyn Three on Tuesday March 10, 2020...
It’s Tennis, Charlie Brown
In the 1970s, Peanuts went full-court into the tennis boom. Remember Molly Volley? Her former partner Snoopy does...
One Hundred Years Ago, a Four-Day Race Riot Engulfed Washington, D.C.
"Red Summer" was the nickname for the dog days of 1919 when American streets filled with African-American blood.
Thumbs Up: A Very American History of Hitchhiking
Ass, gas or grass, nobody reads for free.
The Very American Rise of the Mass Shooter
Seamus McGraw’s new book, ‘From a Taller Tower,’ details how our culture of rage, victimhood, narcissism and love of guns has created an onslaught of violence that’s almost impossible to keep up with
The Truth Behind ‘A Bright Shining Lie’
More than 58,000 United States soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but in the world of letters, the death of a single American civilian came to represent the entire jungle quagmire.
How Solo Stove’s smokeless fire pits became a must-have pandemic item
What’s the secret to life? The answer, I’ve discovered, is a stainless steel ring of fire.