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The Search for a Lost Self in the Far North
Sallie Tisdale Wanders Out Onto the Ice
By
Sallie Tisdale
| May 4, 2017
What Curse? On the Chicago Cubs and Generations of Bad Luck
Scott Simon is Finally Ready to Talk About All the Bad...
By
Scott Simon
| April 24, 2017
When Baseball Fantasy Crashes Into Reality
Where Are They Now: The Oakland A's 2002 Draft Class
By
Dwyer Murphy
| April 6, 2017
On Time, Baseball, and the Cruel Hope of Opening Day
Mark Kingwell Measures Out Life Inning by Inning
By
Mark Kingwell
| March 31, 2017
Donald Trump Has Made It Hard to Be a New England Patriots Fan
On Questioning the Reasons You Have for Loving a Sports Franchise
By
Dwyer Murphy
| February 3, 2017
10 Great Longform Essays About Football in American Culture
Pre-Superbowl Reading—or a way to avoid it completely
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Emily Temple
| February 3, 2017
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The Joy of Running
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The New Literature of MMA
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A Literary Look at the Last Time the Cubs Won the World Series
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Emily Temple
| November 3, 2016
Ha Jin on the Long Reach of the Chinese Government
Love, Betrayal, and the Totalitarian Machine
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Dylan Foley
| October 25, 2016
On the Short-Lived All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
There's No Crying in Baseball—But There
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Lipstick
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Cait Murphy
| October 25, 2016
Jackie Robinson Was More Than Just a Pioneer
On the Man and Player Who Made History
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Cait Murphy
| October 25, 2016
Three Tales of Baseball in Honor of the World Series
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Literary Hub
| October 25, 2016
When Babe Ruth Called His Shot Against the Chicago Cubs
“Only a damn fool would have done a thing like that.”
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Cait Murphy
| October 25, 2016
32 Imaginary Tennis Matches Paul Auster's Godson Would Like To See
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| September 9, 2016
Why You Should Hate Football (But Will Watch It Anyway)
12 Books to Explain a Nation's Obsessions
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Dwyer Murphy
| September 8, 2016
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