Carl Bialik

Carl Bialik is a co-founder, contributing editor, and Varsity Letters editor of Gelf.

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• The Blurbs
  

  'A Textbook Definition of an Uneven Comedy'

• The Blurbs
  

  'The Tired Tenseness of Anchors on C-SPAN'

• The Blurbs
  

  'Batman' a Masterpiece? 'That Feeling Will Pass'

• Sports
  

  Diamonds are for Everyone

• The Blurbs
  

  'Dumbed Down' Hulk Meets Lesser Goals

• The Blurbs
  

  'Five TV Episodes Strung Together'

• The Blurbs
  

  'Ridiculous Exchanges Don't Help' Indy

• The Blurbs
  

  Phenomenal Actor in Failure of a Movie

• Books
  

  From Cripple to Workhorse to Legend

• The Blurbs
  

  Forgetting 'Sarah Marshall's Predecessors

• The Blurbs
  

  'Leatherheads' Is Good. Or Is It?

• The Blurbs
  

  Insert Pun on 'Flawless' Here

• Sports
  

  Where Sport Isn't a Day Job

• Sports
  

  The National Pastime's Pugilistic Side

• Sports
  

  Ink-Stained Investigators

• The Blurbs
  

  A Good Film, From Blurb Writers' Vantage Point

• Sports
  

  The Charles Van Doren of College Hoops

• Sports
  

  'All You Have To Do Is Open a Vein'

• Sports
  

  After Althea and Ashe

• The Blurbs
  

  Katherine Heigl 'Settles for So Much Less'

• The Blurbs
  

  A Time and Place When African Americans Were Called 'Negroes'

• The Blurbs
  

  The Best Worst Blurbs of 2007

• Sports
  

  The Fan's Savior Cometh

• Sports
  

  The 'Boob Job' Fan

• The Blurbs
  

  The Awkward Charmer With Annoying Friends

• The Blurbs
  

  A Rickety Brass Compass

• Sports
  

  The Sports Speculator

• The Blurbs
  

  Ravaging Final Scene of 'Savages'

• Sports
  

  Like Father, Like Son

• The Blurbs
  

  Ben's Uneven Debut

• Sports
  

  Profiles in Distress

• The Blurbs
  

  Elizabeth's Tarnished Reviews

• The Blurbs
  

  Wes Anderson's Clumsy, Precious, Limited Treasure

• Sports
  

  A Card Above All Others

• The Blurbs
  

  Please Repress This Film's Irrepressible Energy

• The Blurbs
  

  Loaded Quotes

• Books
  

  Football in the Time of Katrina

• The Blurbs
  

  An Incidental Swan Song

• The Blurbs
  

  'Jane' Becomes a Little Unsatisfying

• The Blurbs
  

  A Spectacular Film. Also Banal.

• The Blurbs
  

  Harry Potter's Latest 'Not a Great Movie'

• Sports
  

  Baseball's Conservative Revolutionary

• Sports
  

  The Power of Live Sports

• The Blurbs
  

  Danny Ocean: Now With 100% Real Laughs!

• Sports
  

  Bane of Cheerleaders, Champion of the Little Guys

• Books
  

  One Sports Fan's Dream Year

• Books
  

  An Irish Hoops Odyssey

• The Blurbs
  

  Web of Deceit

• Books
  

  When Jesse Owens Raced in Front of Hitler

• The Blurbs
  

  A Hoax About a Hoax About 'Hoax'

• The Blurbs
  

  A Must-See, Until the 'Inane Letdown'

• Sports
  

  A Voice Above All Others

• Sports
  

  Baseball in 17 Syllables or Less

• The Blurbs
  

  Great Film. Oh, Except the Lead Actor Can't Act.

• The Blurbs
  

  'Wild Hogs' Is Hysterically Funny. Well, Sometimes. Mostly Its Premise.

• Sports
  

  Chronicling the Seamier Side of Sports

• Sports
  

  Baseball's Unofficial Chat Room

• Sports
  

  ESPN's Newest NBA Writer

• Sports
  

  The Quickie Way to Follow Sports

• Sports
  

  Sports Bloggers' Benevolent King

• Sports
  

  Mets Bloggers Who Can't Wait for Next Year

• The Blurbs
  

  Eddie Murphy's 'Huge, Belching Spectacular'

• Zooming In
  

  Valentine's Day Is for Lovers — and the Rich

• The Blurbs
  

  Come See the Film That Rocked the Box Office Despite Bad Reviews

• Books
  

  Basketball's Forgotten Legend

• Books
  

  A Quiet Football Visionary

• Books
  

  Hockey's Black Pioneers

• Books
  

  Curt Flood's Tragic Fight

• The Blurbs
  

  I Like! (Some But Not All Things About This Movie)

• Sports
  

  Billy Wagner, Baseball Philosopher

• Government
  

  Marble's Memorable Mississippi Moment

• Sports
  

  Does ESPN Cheer Republicans?

• Oops
  

  When Reporters Make News

• The Blurbs
  

  If You Quote the Reviews Accurately, the Terrorists Have Won

• Oops
  

  The Sun Also Rises on the Moon

• Sports
  

  Sticking Up for the Refs

• Sports
  

  My Two Years With Barry Bonds

• Books
  

  Journey to 'Fantasyland'

• Oops
  

  Don't Quote Me on That

• The Blurbs
  

  'Bad Movie, Good Actors'

• Books
  

  An Interview With The Smoking Gun

• Oops
  

  We Spoke Too Soon

• Books
  

  Double Team

• The Blurbs
  

  Albert Brooks, an Acquired Taste

• Oops
  

  So Long, Plagiarists

• The Blurbs
  

  Scare Quotes

• Media
  

  Pill-Popping

• Internet
  

  An Interview With the Consumerist

• Oops
  

  Floodwater, Anyone?

• The Blurbs
  

  2005's Best-Reviewed Steve Carell Movie

• World
  

  Fighting for Press Freedom in Uganda

• The Blurbs
  

  Irony Is Lost on the Copywriters

• Oops
  

  Playing Defense

• Oops
  

  Playing Defense, Continued

• The Blurbs
  

  Hustled

• The Blurbs
  

  Fantastic Four Is No Fun

• Oops
  

  Fuzzy Math and MollyMath

• Oops
  

  Blind Justice

• Oops
  

  Corrections 6/27-7/3

• Law
  

  Mark Cuban on Grokster, Redux

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 6/24/05

• Internet
  

  America's Most-Eligible Blogger

• Oops
  

  Corrections 5/30-6/19

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 6/18/05

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 6/5/05

• Oops
  

  Corrections 5/23-5/29

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 5/31/05

• Oops
  

  Corrections 5/16-5/22

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 5/24/05

• Media
  

  What We Can Learn From Michelle Delio

• Oops
  

  Corrections 5/9-5/15

• Oops
  

  Corrections 5/2-5/9

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 5/9/05

• World
  

  Rumors and Innuendo

• Nature
  

  Fast and Loose

• Oops
  

  Corrections 4/25-5/1

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 4/29/05

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 4/22/05

• World
  

  Craving Human Contact

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 4/17/05

• Oops
  

  Corrections 4/4-4/11

• Zooming In
  

  Zooming In 4/9/05

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 4/8/05

• Sports
  

  Bracketology Redux

• Oops
  

  Corrections 3/28-4/3

• Zooming In
  

  Zooming In 4/2/05

• Buried lead
  

  Budget Sucks—but At Least It's On-Time!

• The Blurbs
  

  Blurb Racket 4/1/05

• Law
  

  Mark Cuban on Grokster

• The Blurbs
  

  The Blurb Racket, 3/25/05

• Sports
  

  Sharing the Love

• Sports
  

  Gambling Man

• Sports
  

  Bubble Fatigue II

• Oops
  

  Corrections 3/14-3/20

• Film
  

  The Blurb Racket

• Sports
  

  Off the Mark

• Ad Watch
  

  Pill Gets Rave Reviews

• Oops
  

  Corrections 3/7-3/13

• Sports
  

  Bubble Fatigue

• Sports
  

  Goon Factory?

• Sports
  

  Ugly Americans

• Film
  

  Hungry Man

• Buried lead
  

  What Do the Prisoners Watch?

• Oops
  

  Corrections 2/28-3/6

• Oops
  

  Corrections 2/21-2/28

• Oops
  

  Corrections 2/14-2/20

• Media
  

  Warning: This Post Advocates Tolerance

• Sports
  

  Patriots Defeat Nazi Germany

• Sports
  

  Too Many Sports Guys

• Media
  

  The Wild Op-Ed Page

• Media
  

  Blogging Sucks. Visit My Blog

• Ad Watch
  

  Pitchman From the Beyond

• Sports
  

  Don't Dis Jackson; Reggie White, Karaite

• Oops
  

  Our Favorite Corrections, 1/29-2/13

• Sports
  

  Redick's Rhymes

• Ad Watch
  

  Awful Human Beings

• Internet
  

  Google Games

• Media
  

  Where Did This Idea Come From?

• Ad Watch
  

  Teddy Bear Update

• Ad Watch
  

  Fox Is Pro-People

• Ad Watch
  

  Teddy Bears' Aphrodisiac Powers

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• Zooming In

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• The Blurbs

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• Zooming In

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• The Hack and the Flack

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• Politics

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• Food

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• Books

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• Sports

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