 His reporting for "Playboy" on the 1972 Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky chess match is included as one of four “Best of the Best” in David Halberstam's "Best American Sportswriting of the Century".He succeeded James Agee as "Time' "s film reviewer; several of his reviews are reprinted in "Film 67/68".The vividness of his writing is notable; his language has appeared in several collections of quotations, including this description of Elvis Presley