The author of 'Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs' takes on gridiron dangers, Tiger Woods, and Leno-Conan.

Author Chuck Klosterman's new collection of essays, Eating the Dinosaur , expertly tackles topics as varied as time travel, the Unabomber, and Friday Night Lights. Klosterman is like some mutant free safety who can be everywhere on the field at once. No topic escapes his monster intellect.