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Tillman Story: Finally, Truth

Rob Quinn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:45:00 CDT

The Tillman Story is a powerful documentary that takes a scathing look at the military's cover-up of the NFL star-turned-soldier's death by friendly fire in Afghanistan, critics say, but its real power lies in its look at Pat Tillman as the complex and remarkable man he was, instead of as...

Other Celebs' 'Indefinite Breaks'

Will McCahill — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:32:04 CST

With his plan for an “ indefinite break ” from golf, Tiger Woods isn’t the only celebrity to take some time out of the limelight for one reason or another. The Wall Street Journal lists some others: Michael Jordan: The Tiger pal left to try baseball after winning three titles with the...

10 Who Died Too Young

Harry Kimball — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:58:37 CST

In looking back at the '00s, the sad tales of luminaries who died too young stand out. Newsweek asked friends and admirers for their reflections: Randy Pausch, d. 2008: "Despite it all," JJ Abrams writes, the "Last Lecture" professor "was radiant, kind, and good-humored." Tim Russert, d. 2008: "There aren’t...

McChrystal Lied About Tillman's Death: Krakauer

Kevin Spak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:39:35 CST

A new book is dredging up some uncomfortable history for Stanley McChrystal at an inconvenient time. Just as the general's credibility is on the line in Afghanistan, Jon Krakauer’s paints McChrystal as the central figure in the cover-up of Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death. McChrystal says he made an honest...

It's a Busy Fall for Books

Harry Kimball — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:04:38 CDT

Hoping to salvage a miserable year, publishers are flooding the fall season with more hot tickets than normal. Some samples, from the Wall Street Journal: Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol , Sept. 1: The next in a series from the Da Vinci Code writer. Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist , Sept. 8: A...

Athletes Who Died Too Young

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:50:00 CDT

Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body.

Tillman Parents No Fans of New Afghan General

Rob Quinn — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:19:27 CDT

Pat Tillman's parents say Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal helped cover up the circumstances of their son's death and they want his record carefully considered before he takes charge of the Afghan war, the AP reports. McChrystal approved a citation for Tillman stating he was killed "in the line of devastating...

Wire Service's Objectivity Under Scrutiny

Jonas Oransky — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:50:44 CDT

Deep in a House report on the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death is a juicy detail that has the chattering classes in a lather: the text of a 2004 email in which an AP reporter tells Karl Rove to “keep up the fight.” Coming on the heels of a Politico...

Rumsfeld Denies Role in Tillman Cover-Up

Wesley Oliver — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:51:07 CDT

Donald Rumsfeld took no responsibility today for the bungled handling of the reporting and investigation of Pat Tillman’s death, saying he always stressed honesty at the Pentagon. Before a House committee, the ex-defense secretary denied allegations he was involved in the military plot to claim the ex-NFL star was killed...