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Sweating in Public: On Jane Fonda’s Dance Aerobics Empire and Progressive Politics

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela Considers the Cult of Celebrity-Approved Exercise

 
By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela  February 3, 2023
Women’s Sports

Compliance and Coachability: On the Problem at the Heart of Women’s Sports Culture

By Lauren Fleshman  January 26, 2023
Otherppl

Matthew Salesses: “The K-Drama Ended Up Being the Piece That Helped Me To Put it Together”

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 19, 2023
Writers in Conversation

Rae Meadows on Immersing Herself in the World of Soviet Gymnastics

By Jane Ciabattari  December 20, 2022
Running

What Running Has Taught Me About Writing (and Vice Versa)

By Janice Obuchowski  December 8, 2022
When I’m Not Writing

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

By Madeleine Watts  December 5, 2022
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Motherhood

Mother or Weapon: Retired Cage Fighter Jenny Liou on Navigating the Body After Birth

By Jenny Liou  December 5, 2022
When I’m Not Writing

Maryse Meijer on Training to Be a Bullfighter (Who Will Never Fight Bulls)

By Maryse Meijer  November 28, 2022
Swimming

In Praise of the Glorious Deliverance of Swimming

By Michael Parker  November 21, 2022
When I’m Not Writing

The Shared Language of the Game: Marisa Crane on Trying Out for Pro Basketball

When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Marisa Crane  January 30, 2023
The Writing Life

“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

By Veronica Roth  November 9, 2022
When I’m Not Writing

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

By Laura van den Berg  November 7, 2022
Keen On

Either/Or… Neither? Looking Beyond the False Binaries of the Catastrophist Present

By Andrew Keen  October 28, 2022
Keen On

On Messi, Ronaldo, and the Radical Remaking of the World’s Game Over the Last 20 Years

Jonathan Clegg in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On  October 26, 2022
The Literary Life

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

By The Literary Life  October 21, 2022
Keen On

The End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Revolution Is Changing Soccer

By Keen On  October 18, 2022
Running

Why I Run: On Thoreau and the Pleasures of Not Quite Knowing Where You’re Going

By Rachel Richardson  October 7, 2022
Soccer

On Falling in Love with Goalkeeping

An Excerpt From Kelcey Ervick’s Graphic Memoir, The Keeper

By Kelcey Ervick  October 4, 2022
Cults

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

By Alison Wisdom  September 21, 2022
Keen On

Winning Fairly: Lessons About Successful Leadership From a Real-Life Ted Lasso

By Keen On  September 21, 2022
Fashion

Hemlines and Court Lines: On the Evolution of Women’s Tennis Clothes

By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell  September 9, 2022
Syllabi

Back to School for Everyone: Sports and Contemporary Writing with Sam Lipsyte

The Thrill of Agony, the Victory of Defeat

By Sam Lipsyte  September 6, 2022
Football

Players and Coaches Wanted: On the Beginnings of Toledo’s Pro Women’s Football Team

By Stephen Guinan  September 1, 2022
Football

Big Business, Small Town Ideals: On Midwestern College Football

By Ben Mathis-Lilley  August 31, 2022
Soccer

How Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Became Superstars On and Off the Field

By Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg  November 11, 2022
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