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Meet Britain's First Woman Soccer Player, Nettie J. Honeyball

Meet Britain's First Woman Soccer Player, Nettie J. Honeyball

The Founding of the British Ladies Football Club Was Met
with Violent Resistance

By Gemma Clarke | June 6, 2019

Why Would Anyone Choose to Run 100 Miles Through the Desert?

Why Would Anyone Choose to Run 100 Miles Through the Desert?

Adharanand Finn on Striving for the Edges of Human Endurance

By Adharanand Finn | May 31, 2019

Are You a Roger or a Tiger? On Specialization vs. Variety

Are You a Roger or a Tiger? On Specialization vs. Variety

Hamilton Cain Considers David Epstein's Range

By Hamilton Cain | May 28, 2019

The History Behind Baseball's<br> Weirdest Pitch

The History Behind Baseball's
Weirdest Pitch

Tyler Kepner on the Improbable Success of the Curveball

By Tyler Kepner | April 24, 2019

On Oliver Sacks' Obsession With Weightlifting

On Oliver Sacks' Obsession With Weightlifting

What a Writer's Fitness Regime Can Tell Us About the Writing

By Ross Mcindoe | April 18, 2019

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Wright Thompson Heads Home to See the Big Picture

By Wright Thompson | April 12, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
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  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Fiction/Non/Fiction:
March Madness Edition

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 21, 2019

Why Are Writers Drawn to Boxing?

By Josh Rosenblatt | March 14, 2019

On the Hidden History of Queer Women in Baseball

By Britni de la Cretaz | March 13, 2019

Why Does This Small Vermont Town Have So Many Olympians?

Why Does This Small Vermont Town Have So Many Olympians?

“I don’t know if it’s the well water or what.”

By Karen Crouse | January 22, 2019

On the Intensity of Watching Basketball Alone in a Foreign Country

On the Intensity of Watching Basketball Alone in a Foreign Country

Benjamin Markovits Was Not Going to Miss Jordan's Comeback

By Benjamin Markovits | December 6, 2018

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

“Today is when we find out who’s a football player.”

By Albert Samaha | September 17, 2018

Stepping Into the Boxing Ring as a Transgender Man

Stepping Into the Boxing Ring as a Transgender Man

Thomas Page McBee Prepares for One More Fight

By Thomas Page McBee | August 14, 2018

He Was the Best We'd Ever Seen: On Baseball, Greatness, and Writing

He Was the Best We'd Ever Seen: On Baseball, Greatness, and Writing

Seth Sawyers Wonders Whatever Happened to the Phenom of Allegany County

By Seth Sawyers | July 17, 2018

Pin-Ups First, Athletes Second: Sexism in Surfing

Pin-Ups First, Athletes Second: Sexism in Surfing

How Australian Surf-Lit Excludes Women

By Holly Isemonger | June 25, 2018

How Do We Get the USA Back to the World Cup?

How Do We Get the USA Back to the World Cup?

Bruce Arena: Two Decades On and We're Fighting the Same Issues

By Bruce Arena | June 25, 2018

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