Mike Sager
Mike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning reporter who's been a contributor to Esquire for thirty years.
What I've Learned: Alan Arkin
Actor, 72, Santa Fe
What I’ve Learned: Bob Saget
Entertainer, 49, Los Angeles.
Chris Evans Doesn’t Like to Talk About Himself. But He Did. Sort Of.
The actor formerly known as Cap has earned career freedom. But first, he just wants to hang out with his dog, Dodger.
Capturing a Glimmer of Kobe Bryant, 20 Years Later
In the May 2016 issue of Esquire, Mike Sager looked back upon 20 years of Kobe. One day after the untimely death of Bryant and his daughter, he reflects again.
Peter Fonda, What I've Learned
Actor, 68, Montana
How to Smoke Weed: A Beginner's Guide
It's never too late to learn the basics.
"Making It" at Rolling Stone
Before slashed budgets, before pivots to video, it was a magical place to come of age as a writer.
Tom Petty: What I've Learned
"Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success."
All Along, I Was My Mother's Son
But I had to realize that on my own.
What I've Learned: Julius Erving
Dr. J talks dunking, leaving the game, and raising children.
The Last Hour Inside the Masquerade Party at Snctm Sex Club (NSFW)
Outtakes from the Esquire profile on Hollywood's most elite sex party.
The Founder of Hollywood's Most Elite Sex Club Is Unhappy
He bought a mansion and filled it with debauchery. It still isn't enough.
What I've Learned: Jeff Bridges
"I wouldn't mind if I was mostly recognized for being The Dude. That doesn't bother me at all."
The Marine of the New Millennium
This man spent twenty years preparing to defend us. Then the Towers fell.
J.J. Abrams Is the Golden Child 'Star Wars' Deserved
The most influential film and TV maker in Hollywood is the scion of the very movies he is now making.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What I've Learned
The all-time NBA scoring leader and author talks racism, dunking, and Steph Curry's three-pointers.
The Day Peter Dinklage Watched Someone Die
The Cult of Jason Katims
The man behind Friday Night Lights and Parenthood has a gift for making men a little verklempt. It's made him a power in traditional TV. Now he's betting on something entirely different.
Scott Weiland: 'This Is My Life, a Cautionary Tale. Maybe Somebody Can Learn from It.'
"I guess the reason we're here is I feel like there's been only one side of my story told. People know rock stars only on the surface, people know celebrities only on the surface, and people know me only on the surface: I'm the junkie rock star handcuffed in the backseat of a cop car..."
The Summer Kobe Bryant Made 100,000 Shots
Not taken. Made.
Kobe Bryant Doesn't Want Your Love
The Lakers and basketball legend died January 26, 2020 at age 41. Read Mike Sager's 2007 profile of the NBA icon here.
Why I Stopped Eating Turkey on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was never about the meal. Thanksgiving was about my dad.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on His 45-Year Obsession with Sherlock Holmes
The basketball legend's new novel, Mycroft Holmes, prequelizes Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories.
Bobby Jindal, All American
Why Omar Is the Greatest Character on The Wire, No Doubt
The Life of a Clown
Welcome to the weird, wacky world of Brian Wishnefsky, a.k.a. Sparky the Clown.
How Mary Ellen Mark Found Beauty in the Underbelly
Pamela Anderson: What I've Learned
"People say I'm the ultimate California girl, which is funny, being that I'm Canadian."
Faye Dunaway: What I've Learned
Growing Almonds in the Desert
Life and work at a family farm in the dry Central Valley.
Carla Gugino: A Woman We Love