So begins the first chapter of writer George Plimpton’s 1966 bestselling book “Paper Lion,” based upon his experience of “trying out” as the last-string quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp ...

George Plimpton, then a 36-year-old literary editor, endured the brutal realities of a professional football quarterback despite barely ever playing the sport.

Seven of the the late George Plimpton's sports books are being re-released. NPR's Scott Simon talks with sportscaster Bob Costas about the collection. George Plimpton was a literary figure - one of ...

Click here to read more from Slate’s Fall Fiction Week. What’s with Nathan Zuckerman’s crush on George Plimpton? Readers of Exit Ghost will recognize that I’m referring to the extended critical ...

Writer and editor George Plimpton died last night at age 76. Jeffrey Brown looks at his career with Michael Dirda, senior editor of The Washington Post's Book World. George Plimpton boxed with Archie ...

In this film excerpt, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recalls his father’s feelings for George Plimpton, whom his father befriended when they were students at Harvard University. “My father admired George for ...

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George Plimpton was a literary figure - one of the founders of The Paris Review - a society figure - the very image of a turtleneck-clad Manhattan bon vivant and intellectual. But he sure loved sports ...