Full Count: Ron Santo's Bid for the Hall of Fame By Robert Kurson EDITOR'S NOTE: A year after his death, Ron Santo was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on December 5th, 2011. This story appeared in our November 2002 issue. Read more
The Bully of Toulon By Robert Kurson For years, a rough-hewn man named Curt Thompson threatened and intimidated his neighbors in the small farming community of Toulon, Illinois. Read more
Heavy By Robert Kurson By the time he died at 32 in 1958, Robert Earl Hughes of tiny Fishhook, Illinois, weighed more than 1,000 pounds. Read more