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2002 Stories by Julie Lyons

• The Secret World of Sperm

  published November 7, 2002

  The husband called first, in a tizzy. While cleaning out a waste bin full of dirty Q-Tips, his wife had come across a used condom. She... More >>

• Back in Bounds

  published September 5, 2002

  "Control? You think you have control?" Michael Irvin says. "Tell me what you have control of, and I'll put something in front of you that... More >>

• Think Mink

  published September 5, 2002

  Remember the 1998 scissors incident? Michael Irvin and Cowboys lineman Everett McIver got in some sort of fight over a haircut, and McIver ended... More >>

• After the Fall

  published April 18, 2002

  It hit him when two weeks had gone by and he hadn't won a single race. "When am I gonna win?" Marlon St. Julien, one of Lone Star Park's all-time... More >>

• Finishing School

  published April 4, 2002

  There is no way to put it delicately: One day, Brittany Pollard found out that she--a distant relative--had once been a he. And for many... More >>

• Creature Feature

  published April 4, 2002

  They never lie and say "it's not about the money." They never pull a Randy Moss and dog it off the line of scrimmage. They don't spit in umpires'... More >>

• 12-year-old Killer

  published March 28, 2002

  What's it like to end up in prison as a teen-ager? Edwin Debrow Jr., Bill Everett and Brittany Pollard all committed violent crimes that found... More >>

• Prison, Sweet Prison

  published March 28, 2002

  From the counter at Mingus' only bank, the teller could see a tall skinny guy in baggy clothes, hat turned backward, eyes sunken in. His buddy... More >>

• Meet Your Vegetables

  published January 31, 2002

  I have two indelible childhood memories of other people's weddings. There's the one where a distant relative, built like a knackwurst and... More >>

• Woman in Gray

  published January 17, 2002

  "A Mayor of absolute integrity." I keep tripping on those words, a blustery little sentence fragment with "Mayor" proudly capitalized, on Laura... More >>