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Muscle Beach and the Dawn of Huge
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | February 2012
In the 1970s, a new breed of American man emerged from the weight rooms of Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach. Led by Arnold Schwarzenegger, a clique of world-class bodybuilders — muscle-bound, steroid-fueled, bronzed like suntanned gods — pumped iron, chased girls, and changed the world’s exercise culture forever.
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James Harrison: Confessions of an NFL Hitman
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | July 2011
Steelers linebacker James Harrison has been labeled the scourge of football — a one-man concussion machine. But he says he plays the game the way it’s meant to be played, and he doesn’t care what anyone thinks — especially the commissioner.
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The Ghost Park
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | April 2011
If you think global warming is some distant threat, come visit Yellowstone, our most beloved national park. Acres of trees are dying, trout runs are disappearing, and starving bears are attacking campers. It’s an ecosystem in collapse, and things are only getting worse.
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Is This Man Too Smart for Baseball?
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | March 2011
Buck Showalter has an obsessive mind for the game. That’s been both his greatest strength — and his undoing.
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Confessions of a Steroid Addict
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | June 2010
For a long time, juicing was my elixir. It got me bigger. It got me stronger. It got me laid. But that was before it nearly got me killed.
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The War's Invisible Wounded
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Men's Journal | October 2009
They return seemingly intact but beset by fierce migraines and sleepless nights, unable to complete the most basic tasks. It’s an epidemic not seen in previous wars — tens of thousands of soldiers afflicted with a brain condition caused by repeated exposure to blasts. And the military has done little to help them.
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About a Boy
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
The Guardian | December 2006
Born with a rare syndrome that left him profoundly autistic, seven-year-old Luke was trapped in his own body. But then his dad took him surfing.
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Plague In The Heartland
by Paul Solotaroff + Follow
Rolling Stone | January 2003
Cheap, easy to make and instantly addictive, crystal meth is burning a hole through rural America. A hellish tour of a home-cooked drug crisis...