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Will sports action-adventure-thriller novels become a thing?

Will sports action-adventure-thriller novels become a thing?

By Jonny Diamond | July 10, 2020

In Lieu of the Olympics: <br>A Reading List For Your Sports Fix

In Lieu of the Olympics:
A Reading List For Your Sports Fix

From the Track to the Sea to the Hard Courts of Vegas, Elise Hooper Has Some Recommendations

By Elise Hooper | July 8, 2020

Arrested For Wearing a Bathing Suit: Life as an Early Female Swimmer

Arrested For Wearing a Bathing Suit: Life as an Early Female Swimmer

Howard Means on Annette Kellerman

By Howard Means | June 29, 2020

10 Works of Literary Fiction<br> for Runners

10 Works of Literary Fiction
for Runners

Read Along With Your New Pandemic Workout

By Emily Temple | June 23, 2020

Reckoning with the Toll Gymnastics Takes on<br> Women's Lives

Reckoning with the Toll Gymnastics Takes on
Women's Lives

Hannah Orenstein on the Future of USA Gymnastics

By Hannah Orenstein | June 22, 2020

Is <em>Ball Four</em> the Greatest Baseball Memoir Ever Written?

Is Ball Four the Greatest Baseball Memoir Ever Written?

Jim Bouton's Book Gave an Unfiltered View into Athletes' Lives

By Mitchell Nathanson | June 15, 2020

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A Brief Feminist History of Bike-Riding

By Hannah Ross | June 8, 2020

The Amateur Cyclist Who Biked Around the World

By David V. Herlihy | May 26, 2020

With the Olympics Canceled, There's Plenty of Time to Read Up on Heroic Moments in Sports

By Elise Hooper | May 22, 2020

When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

The School That Optimizes Golf Performance

By Brett Cyrgalis | May 12, 2020

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's<br> Lost Memoir

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's
Lost Memoir

Alan D. Gaff on Reading the Story of a Legend Nearly a Century Later

By Alan D. Gaff | May 12, 2020

Are Basketball Superstars More Loyal to Their Teams, or Sneaker Companies?

Are Basketball Superstars More Loyal to Their Teams, or Sneaker Companies?

Ethan Sherwood Strauss Offers a Steph Curry Case Study

By Ethan Sherwood Strauss | April 17, 2020

The Early Career of a New York<br> Yankee Icon

The Early Career of a New York
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On Yogi Berra's Journey from Rookie to Ten-Time Championship Winner

By Jon Pessah | April 14, 2020

The Operatic Rise and Fall of Tiger Woods

The Operatic Rise and Fall of Tiger Woods

Michael Bamberger on the Power and Scandal Around
One of the World's Great Athletes

By Michael Bamberger | April 1, 2020

Babe Ruth and the Moment American Baseball Changed Forever

Babe Ruth and the Moment American Baseball Changed Forever

Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith on the Making of a Legend

By Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith | March 23, 2020

On the Road with the Heiress Who Dominated Early Motorsports

On the Road with the Heiress Who Dominated Early Motorsports

Neal Bascomb on the Life and Times of Lucy Schell

By Neal Bascomb | March 20, 2020

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