George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
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Most descriptions make Beijing sound overbuilt: not a blade of grass left.
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Lots of ballplayers have their own personal music blasted by the sound systems in modern ball parks.
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Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected.
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Into La Bombonera danced the most agile, rhythmic, beautiful, sensuous people I have ever seen. And that was just the fans.
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In New York, Kid Carter was pure vanilla for a city with stronger tastes.
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In 1949, I saw a World War II veteran named Lou Brissie, who had nearly lost a lower leg in combat, pitch in the All-Star Game in Brooklyn.
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I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.
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I proposed abolishing boxing because it was bad for the brain, but boxers were generally so decent that I loved being around the gyms.
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I love Boston. I love Fenway Park. I love Red Sox history. But in no way am I a Red Sox fan.
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For years, I have been harboring memories of my first major league game at a place named Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
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For years, I advised George Steinbrenner to get out of town because he dishonored my hometown with his bullying and bombast.
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Flo Hyman became America's best-known volleyball player with a faulty aorta, but she did not know it.
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FIFA is a vuvuzela. It's in your ear, but you don't want to hear it, and then eventually it goes away.
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Fans all have their memories of pennant races, good memories, sick memories.