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Dad Books: a flowchart.

Dad Books: a flowchart.

A Father's Day flowchart.

By Brittany Allen | June 11, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | June 6, 2025

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Mark Kriegel on Tyson’s Unstable Childhood, Lorna Mae, and the Fighter’s Historic Obsession

By Mark Kriegel | June 4, 2025

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

S.L. Price Recommends Frederick Exley, Mark Harris, Buzz Bissinger and More

By S. L. Price | June 3, 2025

Chronicle of a Hard-Won Defeat: Steve Prefontaine's Olympic Debut

Chronicle of a Hard-Won Defeat: Steve Prefontaine's Olympic Debut

Brendan O’Meara on the Star Runner's Performance at the 1972 Summer Games

By Brendan O’Meara | June 2, 2025

An Ode to Chelsea Gray: Mac Crane In Praise of the Poetics of Basketball

An Ode to Chelsea Gray: Mac Crane In Praise of the Poetics of Basketball

“When I watch her, I feel like I’m witnessing something beyond me, something heavenly and incomprehensible.”

By Mac Crane | May 13, 2025

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Writing (and Riding) the Waves: Inside the History of “Surf Lit”

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How Baseball Shaped Black Communities in Reconstruction-Era America

By Gerald Early | May 1, 2025

“Indian Hockey Kicks Ass.” On Finding Meaning in Another Nation’s Pastime

By Kyle Edwards | April 21, 2025

Here are a few things that are getting us through the week.

Here are a few things that are getting us through the week.

By Brittany Allen | April 4, 2025

How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing

How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya on Finding Balance Between Drive and Acceptance

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | March 27, 2025

From Child Prodigy to King of the Court: How Luka Dončić Became a Basketball Icon

From Child Prodigy to King of the Court: How Luka Dončić Became a Basketball Icon

Tim MacMahon Chronicles the Early European Career of a Future NBA Legend

By Tim MacMahon | March 27, 2025

Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

Oliver Smith Considers Soccer as Sport and Religion in the United Kingdom

By Oliver Smith | March 10, 2025

From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

Featuring Titles by Russell Shorto, Ben Ratliff, Hannah Selinger, and More

By Literary Hub | February 28, 2025

American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva on the Racial Capitalism at the Heart of the Big Game

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva | January 17, 2025

Is an NFL player reading a book on the sidelines a win for books?

Is an NFL player reading a book on the sidelines a win for books?

By James Folta | January 13, 2025

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