Favorite LongReads of 2011

Playing of the trending meme of #LongReads, below a list of my personal favorite stories of 2011.

The New Yorker - "Getting Bin Laden"

Nicholas Schmidle

The New York Times - "You Blow My Mind. Hey, Mickey!"

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Deadspin - "The Electric Dock Ellis Acid Test: An Attempt To Recreate His Drug-Addled No-Hitter; On Xbox"

A.J. Daulerio

Grantland - "The Greatest Paper That Ever Died"

Alex French and Howie Kahn

The New York Times - "Ultimate Fighting Dips a Toe Into the Mainstream"

Barry Bearak

GQ - "Blow-Up: An Oral History of Michael Bay, the Most Explosive Director of All Time"

Sean Fennessey

Grantland - "The Movie Star"

Bill Simmons