| | | No one knew Sinatra like Tony O. For the first time, he's telling his stories. | | If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. | | | | |  | | |  | | | | Few Knew Frank Sinatra Like Tony Oppedisano. For the First Time, He's Telling the Stories Behind Their Friendship. | | | | The first time Tony Oppedisano met Frank Sinatra (a connection facilitated by Sinatra's confidante Jilly Rizzo at his namesake Manhattan club), the two immediately hit it off. Despite being decades younger than the superstar, Tony, then a fledgling singer, and Sinatra formed a close bond which stretched from the 1970s to the night of May 14, 1998, when Tony was in the hospital room, along with Frank's wife Barbara, when he passed away. In the intervening time, Tony O became one of Sinatra's best friends and closest consiglieri; a drinking and smoking buddy Sinatra could lend an ear to, a confidante to help him out or just a guy to goof around with. Tony O spoke to Esquire about his many stories from their time together, from the singer's legendary love for women, Sinatra's role in the Chicago Outfit's influence in the 1960 election of John F. Kennedy, the death of Marylin Monroe, and whether or not Ronan Farrow is Frank's son after all. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 20 Best Polo Shirts to Restore Your Faith in Polo Shirts | | | | The very best polos on the market right now run the gamut from the classic piqué style first made famous by René Lacoste to sweater-y, mid-century-ish versions that would look great on Dickie Greenleaf but even better on you. These are polo shirts for hanging out and hanging loose. Forget the office park. Banish all memories of guys in wraparound shades and paper-thin polos clinking Bud Light bottles at the bar. The polo shirts you'll find here are made for the good life. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 16 Styles Worth Snagging From the Massive Saks Designer Sale | | | | If you're feeling motivated to refresh your summer wardrobe, we have the scoop on one of the best sales of the season to help get you started. Right now, you can snag brand-new designer styles at a major price drop during the Saks Fifth Avenue Designer Sale. Whether you're in the market for new denim or cool layering pieces to transcend the warmer weather, this sale is packed with hidden gems perfect for upgrading your wardrobe. To make going through the thousands marked down items easier, we took the liberty of scouring the sale and picking out the 16 styles that you just can't miss. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Those Chinese Climate Hoaxsters Have Made 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Events an Annual Thing | | | | Those clever Chinese hoaxsters are at it again, America. Right now, the Pacific Northwest, that lovely vision of cool pine forests and late snowcaps atop its mountains, is turning into the surface of Mercury. (The Sunday afternoon session of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in Eugene, Oregon was postponed until after dark because top-tier athletes' dropping over with heatstroke on live television is a very bad look for all concerned.) Because of this, what already was predicted to be a horrendous wildfire season due to existing drought conditions now appears to be headed toward the utterly horrific. And, because of this, the local water supplies are in serious peril. See how all this works? Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Me and John McAfee | | | | On Wednesday, John McAfee, the founder of the security software company that bears his name, died in a Spanish jail while awaiting extradition to the United States for tax evasion. One of the most enigmatic figures to have emerged from Silicon Valley at the start of the personal computer revolution, he'd long since fallen out of the industry and into a series of legally dubious situations of his own creation. In 2012, Wired magazine ran a legendary profile of McAfee that captured a man in crisis and on the run from the law. The writer, Joshua Davis, had spent several months cultivating a relationship with his subject. Brian Finke, who was hired to shoot the story, had never heard of McAfee. On November 5, two days later he got the assignment, Finke disembarked a water taxi in Belize, and, accompanied by armed bodyguards, was brought to meet the man who would become, as Finke told Esquire, "the best subject I've ever had." Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |
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