When Stan Hochman started working as the Phillies beat writer back in 1959, he was just one of three local newspaper reporters covering the team. The Connie Mack Stadium locker rooms weren't crowded with journalists, TV cameras and public relations people, and developing personal relationships and conducting one-on-one interviews with players were not only possible, but commonplace. "The sportswriting game...

Not only is rage a glaring red flag of self-control lost, but rage itself is out of control, evidencing itself in disturbing, dangerous and increasingly deadly ways -- from the "road rage" of drivers gone mad to "desk rage," in which employees lash out verbally and violently against fellow employees. News stories of disgruntled workers attacking, and sometimes killing, other...