John M. Clarke Jr.

John M. Clarke Jr. covers sports, entertainment and business, and has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Variety, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Playboy, ESPN and Sports Illustrated. He has also worked as a senior editor for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games. He lives in Westport, Ct. He can be reached at Johnmclarkejr@gmail.com.

Elitism Leads to Tyrannically Whiny Protesters

When Trenton Oldfield, weird and wrongheaded, jumped into the River Thames last Saturday to protest the Cambridge-Oxford Boat Race specifically and elitism in sports generally, he did us all a favor. Not only did he cement his blazing idiocy in sports history, but he re-energized the debate over ...

Golf’s New Boy King

Relax, Tiger. It’s over. The glow is gone. The media has ceased to natter over your personal affairs. Your game is still good, but not great like it once was. End your Sisyphean struggle to win back fans. They’re gone. Now you’re free to be the aloof, robotic stiff you are known ...