• Sports

    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
    Feature

    Tennis: Good/Evil, Dread/Joy, All of Existence Within the Lines

    By Matt Seidel  July 6, 2016
    Feature

    We Are All Sisyphus: On Following Soccer, and Family Rivalries

    By Lorraine Berry  July 6, 2016
    Essay

    The Homeric Epic of LeBron James

    By David Giffels  June 24, 2016
    Feature

    Writers Defeat Publishers (At Basketball)

    By Dwyer Murphy  June 17, 2016
    Feature

    The Most Important Basketball Game in the Country (on Wednesday)

    By Dwyer Murphy  June 14, 2016
    Essay

    When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner

    By Ashley Ream  May 26, 2016
    Sports

    Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About

    By Dwyer Murphy  April 27, 2016
    History

    George Plimpton, the Original Master of None

    By Literary Hub  April 26, 2016
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