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Scott Baker
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Michael Kass
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The basic arc of Andy Roddick’s life goes something like this:
One day you’re a chirpy, hot-shot teenager with a thunderclap serve, who wears a baseball cap on a tennis court before that becomes a thing, and then one day you’re not good enough anymore, because inevitably nobody is. In between, you go to the top of a sport that doesn’t love chirpy te... See more
One day you’re a chirpy, hot-shot teenager with a thunderclap serve, who wears a baseball cap on a tennis court before that becomes a thing, and then one day you’re not good enough anymore, because inevitably nobody is. In between, you go to the top of a sport that doesn’t love chirpy te... See more
Andy Roddick, the U.S. Open’s last American male champion, sees himself a tennis schlub
Amanda Mull @amandamull
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a 6’5” Dutchman who wears a tiny white billed hat in the sun and rushes the net like it owes him money and in general plays like a rabid crane.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
William Louis Dreyfus
Isadore Sharp • Four Seasons
In it’s heyday, Goldman’s special situations group was the navy SEALs of money making. Today’s guest, Alan Waxman, used to run that group before leaving to build Sixth Street, now a $115b behemoth.
SSG heads were sometimes of the more brainy, nerdy variety. Not Waxman. He is a force of nature and energy who apparently w... See more
Patrick OShaughnessyx.comMy favorite bookstore has long been McNally Jackson, a collection of New York City–area stores whose first location was in SoHo (in 2023, the original flagship relocated six blocks away). Though it wasn’t in any way personalized, it always felt like the store was there for me personally, like it understood what I was looking for, because its stock
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