What’s My Name, Fool?; Becoming an Outdoorswoman; Cheering? License, Please.; Super Bowl Ads Redux; Climbing Jerimoth Hill; Take the Raelians Bowling, Take Them Bowling.

NHL Update with Helene Elliott; Cincinnati Bengals; A Girl’s Best Friend; Best American Sports Writing; Canyoneering; Christmas Bowls and More with Charlie Pierce; Canter for Christmas; Commentary

It could be argued that no anthology including a story about people firing guns at fish is a good idea.

According to Phil Castinetti, the most remarkable impression associated with his acquisition of much of the professional wardrobe of Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez involved the sheer bulk of the haul.

The Next Bowl with Dan Wetzel; Defunct College Bowls; The Ultimate Soccer Mom; Ice Princess; Cyclo-cross Championship in New England; Football Gambling with Charlie Pierce; 13th Annual Holiday Gift Guide

A lot of stories about the courage and perseverance and toughness of boxers have been written by some fine writers, but there have not been so many stories about the courage and perseverance and toughness of someone like the young woman who sat across from the writer that night.

Winter Meetings; The Music of Ian Allen; One Big Sock; University High with Duff Wilson; Tenacity; Surfing and the End of an Era; Striking the Heisman Pose with Charlie Pierce; “Ski To Die: The Bill Johnson Story”

For ten years, linebacker Ted Johnson knocked down opposing players emphatically and consistently enough to earn the appreciation of his teammates, his coaches, his employer, and New England fans. Bill talks about Johnson and the injuries that ended his NFL career.

Bill reviews “Ski To Die (The Bill Johnson Story): The Tragedy, Triumph, and Troubled Times of an Olympic Champion”

Bill Simmons Talks Clippers; Clippers; Basketball at the Movies; Strippers on Wheels; “All In”; Sumo in Jersey; Poinsettia’s and Poison, Myth or Fact?; College Football and Nascar with Charlie Pierce; Wild Scallion in Chicago