Despite what dementia has stolen from the cerebral creator of Deadwood, it has given his work a new sense of urgency.

How David Milch, the creator of NYPD Blue and Deadwood, blew his $100 million fortune at the track.

On David Milch; Yale fraternity brother of George W. Bush, literature professor, longtime junkie, creator of NYPD Blue, Deadwood (which was in production when this profile was written), and the forthcoming racetrack-set HBO series Luck.