Allen Barra

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Allen Barra is an American journalist and author of sports books. He is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine, and regularly writes about sports for The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic.^[1] He has also written for The New York Times and The New York Observer, and was formerly a columnist for Salon.^[2] He formerly blogged on sports for the Village Voice website. He frequently contributes to Major League Baseball Radio and The Daily Beast.^[3][4]