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How Tiny Hungary Made Soccer Into the Game We Know and Love

How Tiny Hungary Made Soccer Into the Game We Know and Love

Jonathan Wilson on the Transformative Play of a Handful of Stars

By Jonathan Wilson | September 27, 2019

Dead Men of Leisure on Their Love of Fishing

Dead Men of Leisure on Their Love of Fishing

the disappointment vexeth me to this very day."">"I felt a great fish at the end of my line but it dropt in, and
the disappointment vexeth me to this very day."

By Literary Hub | September 13, 2019

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

Lata Brandisová Probably Would Have Also Punched Them

By Richard Askwith | September 12, 2019

A Good Conversation is Like a (Good) Game of Tennis

A Good Conversation is Like a (Good) Game of Tennis

Benjamin Markovits on the Value of Making Contact

By Benjamin Markovits | September 6, 2019

The Life and Times of a Texas Football Legend

The Life and Times of a Texas Football Legend

Running Back Earl Campbell, at the Intersection of Politics and Sports

By Asher Price | September 5, 2019

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

It Was a Struggle to Even Get the President to Go to a Game

By Ryan Swanson | August 27, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
  • I Liked Rex
  • Asmodeus
  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

Andrew Luck, retiring NFL star and inspiration for one of the all-time great Twitter accounts, is also a book nerd.

By Jonny Diamond | August 26, 2019

Famous writer Bill Clinton umpired this past weekend’s Writers vs. Artists charity softball game (which is still a thing!)

By Jonny Diamond | August 22, 2019

Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX

By Melissa Isaacson | August 16, 2019

Barred from the 1976 Olympics, These Swimmers Still Beat Olympic Records

Barred from the 1976 Olympics, These Swimmers Still Beat Olympic Records

The Story of a Swim Meet in Philadelphia the Week After the Games

By Mikael Rosén | July 25, 2019

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

Whitney Terrell on Class, Race, Baseball, and a New Book by Paul Goldberger

By Whitney Terrell | July 8, 2019

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

By a Stroke of Luck Luis Sr. is Allowed by Castro to Leave Cuba

By Luis Tiant | June 14, 2019

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

Ellena Savage on the Complicated Past, Present, and Future of Pools

By Ellena Savage | June 12, 2019

Despite Its Popularity, Women's Soccer Still Struggles for Institutional Support

Despite Its Popularity, Women's Soccer Still Struggles for Institutional Support

Joshua Nadel on the History of Brazilian Women's Futbol

By Joshua Nadel | June 7, 2019

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

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