Charles P. Pierce is a staff writer for Grantland and the author of Idiot America. He writes regularly for Esquire, is the lead writer for Esquire.com’s Politics blog, and is a frequent guest on NPR. Columns Podcasts Video Columns June 29, 2015 Nascar NASCAR’s Confederate Flag Ban and the Explosion of Athlete Activism Filed under The Triangle June 22, 2015 College Football Like Chocolate and Tuna Fish: The Uptick in Clumsy Collisions of Politics and Sports Filed under The Triangle June 18, 2015 MLB Dirty Birdies: The Schadenfreude-Filled Cardinals Hacking Scandal Filed under The Triangle June 8, 2015 horse racing King for a Day: American Pharoah and the First Triple Crown in Generations Filed under The Triangle June 1, 2015 Soccer Zurich Is Stained: FIFA and the Sports Crime of the Century Filed under The Triangle May 27, 2015 NFL Veterans Affairs: The Uneasy Marriage of Military Money and the NFL Filed under The Triangle May 21, 2015 NFL Days of Our Foxborough Lives: Robert Kraft Surrenders; Tom Brady Discovered Under Bus Wheels Filed under The Triangle May 8, 2015 NFL Burn, Brady, Burn! The Wells Report and the Embattled Patriots Quarterback Filed under The Triangle May 1, 2015 Boxing The Illusionists: Mayweather-Pacquiao and Boxing’s Desperate, Doomed Playbook From the Past Filed under The Triangle April 17, 2015 2024 Summer Olympics The Boston Olympic Debacle Filed under The Triangle Load More Results Podcasts No results Videos No Results