Birmingham: Home of the World's Best Philly Cheesesteak

When I was visiting my brother in Birmingham in early March, he took me to this great little diner he found, the proprietor famous for cheesesteaks. Wayne Salem was such an entertaining character and the food so good that I wrote an article about him that ran in today's Philadelphia Daily News. Click here to read.

A Shank Waiting To Happen: Carl Hiaasen's Golf Game

I have a Q&A with the great Florida novelist and Miami Herald newspaper columnist Carl Hiaasen about his new golf memoir in the March 3 issue of Publishers Weekly . The interview is not available online, but can be found on page 37 of the magazine. He denies the book is a ruse to hustle opponents on the course, saying: "I'm not an excellent golfer, I'm a schizophrenic golfer. I have occasional flashes of confidence between long periods of disintegration." The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to the Ruinous Sport is due out on May 6. Check out more information about it on his website or Amazon.

Up and In With Spin: The Topspin Blog

Please click here to visit The Topspin Blog, my new site devoted to covering tennis, specifically focusing on the U.S. Davis Cup team and the U.S. Open.

A Drive-By in the City of Brotherly Love: DBT in Philly, PA

Click here to read my essay/review about the Drive-By Truckers show in Philly on March 27 on The Georgia Jukebox web site.