• Sports

    Events

    Behind the Scenes at the US Open: Of Time, Age, and Politics

    By Timothy Denevi  August 28, 2017
    Essay

    Can You Have Quidditch without Harry Potter?

    By Dwyer Murphy  June 26, 2017
    Criticism

    Confronting Anxiety Through Baseball

    By Britni de la Cretaz  May 22, 2017
    Excerpts

    The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

    By Terry McDermott  May 15, 2017
    Personal Essay

    The Search for a Lost Self in the Far North

    By Sallie Tisdale  May 4, 2017
    Excerpts

    What Curse? On the Chicago Cubs and Generations of Bad Luck

    By Scott Simon  April 24, 2017
    Personal Essay

    When Baseball Fantasy Crashes Into Reality

    By Dwyer Murphy  April 6, 2017
    Essay

    On Time, Baseball, and the Cruel Hope of Opening Day

    By Mark Kingwell  March 31, 2017
    Politics

    Donald Trump Has Made It Hard to Be a New England Patriots Fan

    By Dwyer Murphy  February 3, 2017
    What to Read

    10 Great Longform Essays About Football in American Culture

    By Emily Temple  February 3, 2017
    Personal Essay

    The Joy of Running

    By Gary McDowell  January 18, 2017
    Essay

    The New Literature of MMA

    By Dwyer Murphy  November 11, 2016
    Feature

    A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series

    By Emily Temple  November 3, 2016
    Essay

    Ha Jin on the Long Reach of the Chinese Government

    By Dylan Foley  October 25, 2016
    Excerpts

    On the Short-Lived All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

    By Cait Murphy  October 25, 2016
    Excerpts

    Jackie Robinson Was More Than Just a Pioneer

    By Cait Murphy  October 25, 2016
    Feature

    Three Tales of Baseball in Honor of the World Series

    By Literary Hub  October 25, 2016
    Excerpts

    When Babe Ruth Called His Shot Against the Chicago Cubs

    By Cait Murphy  October 25, 2016
    Feature

    32 Imaginary Tennis Matches Paul Auster’s Godson Would Like To See

    By Literary Hub  September 9, 2016
    What to Read

    Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)

    By Dwyer Murphy  September 8, 2016
    Excerpts

    Gretzky to Wittgenstein to Nabokov… He Scores!

    By Andrew Stark  August 29, 2016
    Essay

    Why Do I Still Care If the US Men’s Basketball Team Wins Gold?

    By Benjamin Markovits  August 19, 2016
    Feature

    20 Writers From Around the World on the Olympics

    By Literary Hub  August 5, 2016
    Conversations

    A Neoliberal Trojan Horse: Dave Zirin on the Olympics

    By Dwyer Murphy  July 28, 2016
    Essay

    Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

    By Bob Shacochis  July 8, 2016
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