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Soccer

Forbidden Love: On the Muslim Women Who Fought for Their Right to Play Futsal

“Many of the women desperate to play had seen the game snatched away from them as children.”

 
By Jamie Fahey  August 5, 2022
Baseball

Ron Shelton on Making Bull Durham, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

By Dwyer Murphy  July 7, 2022
Underdogs

From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

By Michael Loynd  June 23, 2022
Gun violence

Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence

By Will Jawando  June 17, 2022
Keen On

What Political Lessons Can We Learn From a Formerly Well-Run Football Club Like FC Barcelona?

By Keen On  June 15, 2022
Behind the Mic

Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss, Read by Kevin R. Free

By Behind the Mic   May 31, 2022
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Dogs

Lessons in Courage from a Water Rescue Dog Named Al

By Lynne Cox  May 26, 2022
Running

Andrea Marcolongo on How Running Fuels Her Creative Process

By Andrea Marcolongo  May 25, 2022
In Memoriam

On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

By Michael Lindgren  May 24, 2022
Swimming

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

Daniel Shailer on Charles Sprawson’s Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

By Daniel Shailer  July 11, 2022
Women’s Sports

How Sports Profoundly Shape Us, Even After We Quit

By Eimear Ryan  May 19, 2022
Beyond the Page

When Artists and Athletes Age, What Happens to Their Work?

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  May 18, 2022
The Hub

URGENT: R.L. Stine now has custom Kawhi Leonard/Goosebumps sneakers (and you can, too).

By Jonny Diamond  April 22, 2022
Mountaineering

Lynn Hill on Conquering the Treacherous Climb Up El Capitan

“We would do whatever was necessary.”

By Lynn Hill  April 15, 2022
The Writing Life

How Watching Men’s Figure Skating Helped Me Fall Back in Love with Writing

By Jenny Tinghui Zhang  April 7, 2022
Otherppl

Anakana Schofield Has Discovered Professional Basketball, and She Has Thoughts

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  April 6, 2022
Football

What It’s Really Like Under NFL Stadium Lights

By Mike Florio  March 16, 2022
Keen On

Ian O’Connor on Coach K’s Lessons for Life Off the Basketball Court

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On  March 7, 2022
Basketball

Who Has the Real Power in Basketball’s Big Money Machine?

By Merl Code  March 2, 2022
Reading Lists

Seven Books To Help You Get Through Your Olympic Hangover

By Kathleen West  February 24, 2022
What to Watch

Older, Grayer, Sober: Aging Alongside the Jackass Dudes

By Jonathan Russell Clark  February 23, 2022
Dance

The Creation of Yourself: On the Flow and Fugue of Dance

Olivia Campbell Considers the Legendary Absorption of the Dancer

By Olivia Campbell  February 17, 2022
The Literary Life

Julie Otsuka on Writing Her Most Personal Story

By The Literary Life  February 11, 2022
Skateboarding

How Reading John McPhee’s Book on Tennis Helped Me Write About Skateboarding

By Jonathan Russell Clark  February 9, 2022
Basketball

Unearthing the Pre-NBA History of African American Basketball

By Claude Johnson  May 20, 2022
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