Author Bio & Stories

David Roth

David Roth is an editor and co-founder of The Classical and a staff writer at SB Nation. He tweets, primarily about things he hates, @david_j_roth.

  • July 25, 2012
    Yakkin' About Baseball: Ichiro Goes To Dave and Buster's

    Baseball's trade-deadline season is all about speculation, which is fun enough. But with Ichiro on the Yankees, a world of horrible new possibilities has opened up. Yakkin' stares into the abyss, and the abyss smells like Nick Swisher.

  • July 18, 2012
    Here's To Shutting Up

    Since the first emergence of the awful story surrounding Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse at Penn State, we've been pretty quiet on the story. That's not because it isn't outrageous, or because we're not outraged. It's because there is, by definition, not much to say about the unspeakable. And because it's noisy enough as it is without us.

  • July 11, 2012
    Kickstarter Korner: Meet "Blank On Blank" — The Clog

    The ambitious Blank On Blank is exactly the sort of Kickstarter campaign that The Classical can get behind—a way to turn simple interview audio into something richer and altogether cooler. So we're getting behind it, and letting creator David Gerlach explain why you should, too.

  • July 10, 2012
    Mark Madsen Still Ruins Everything — The Clog

    Mark Madsen just wants to play with you. Is it so bad that Mark Madsen wants to play with you? Why would you not just play intramural basketball with Mark Madsen. Look, you're making him sad.

  • July 6, 2012
    E-40 Reminds You To Vote (For Angel Pagan) — The Clog

    We interrupt our scheduled non-programming with an urgent message from E-40, who would like to remind you to vote.

  • July 5, 2012
    Quiet Time at The Classical — The Clog

    We're darkening and slowing things down until July 9, but not because we don't love our readers or anything. It's just... well, it's really muggy, and it seemed like a good time for a brief break.

  • July 3, 2012
    What It Was, Was: Andy Griffith and Talking and Sports — The Clog

    Andy Griffith's breakout as an entertainer came via a monologue about a country preacher at a football game. It feels about 200 years old today, but for Griffith—who died today at 86—seeming of-the-moment was never a big part of the game.

  • July 3, 2012
    The Great Shaquille O'Neal Haiku Contest — The Clog

    A photograph of Shaquille O'Neal in a stupid wig on the set of an Adam Sandler sequel, and the poetry it inspired.

  • June 29, 2012
    Dockumentary Filmmaking: Catching Up With That Dock Ellis Doc

    "No No: A Dockumentary," is a documentary project about Dock Ellis. You know, probably, that Dock pitched a no-hitter while frying on LSD. But, as producer Chris Cortez explains in this interview, "No No" is dedicated to telling the rest of Dock's story. As usual, the forgotten, human-scale stuff around the legend is the best part.

  • June 27, 2012
    Fans In The Dark: Talking To Greg Lalas About Soccer, Film, and Soccer Film Festival "Kicking...

    Greg Lalas played soccer in the MLS, and has covered it as a reporter and editor for a variety of venues. In his role as founder of Kicking and Screening, a film festival dedicated to soccer films from around the world, Lalas is still finding new ways to see the beautiful game.