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I understood that life could end without warning, even young lives.

I cradled the lifeless bird in my hand and marveled at its beauty.

The danger was my own carelessness, and now I was waist deep in it.

In the seventies a skier’s mettle was measured by the length of his skis.

I received a surprise invitation to a tryout camp at Ebbets Field.

The world is where we brace for a joke that’s about to be played on us.

There was an intimacy to the sound that thrilled me.

An eye trained only for darkness makes for a lesser path, in art as in life.

Sing to your sisters in the water, let your arms and lashes flutter.

Had he been a man, we could’ve saved his life right then and there.

“Hey, babe,” he said, breathing into the phone like a sex maniac.

Both dogs were barking now—their barking urgent, hysterically pitched.

Put yourself in bad positions, they’ll remind us. Address your weaknesses.

I grip the handlebar and pin my eyes shut, waiting for the inevitable crash.

The linebacker grins, but the lines around his eyes tighten.

My father was at an awful disadvantage in a sport where cunning is a virtue.

We didn’t give the order to drop the bomb. But thank God somebody did.

A photo essay on hope in the wake of the devastating Bosnian War.

“I suppose there have been a good many men killed in this room.”

The division of the community had become more marked than ever.

The King’s affair was supposed to be a secret. But you know how it is.

Don’t tell him you’re a virgin, says Peggy. You’ll freak him out.

When the coach called again, Wayne felt his temper slipping.

I cared less about the potential payoff than I did about being right.

I have not won yet, but I behave, I feel and think like a rich man.

Time stops as the ball rolls tantalizingly around the rim.