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Why Do I Still Care If the US Men's Basketball Team Wins Gold?

Why Do I Still Care If the US Men's Basketball Team Wins Gold?

Benjamin Markovits on Winning Streaks and the Rest of the World

By Benjamin Markovits | August 19, 2016

20 Writers From Around the World on the Olympics

20 Writers From Around the World on the Olympics

What to Look Forward to And Which Sports are Like Writing

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2016

A Neoliberal Trojan Horse: Dave Zirin on the Olympics

A Neoliberal Trojan Horse: Dave Zirin on the Olympics

Dwyer Murphy talks Rio with the The Nation's Sports Editor

By Dwyer Murphy | July 28, 2016

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

Bob Shacochis: How Surfing Lead Me to Writing

On a Pathological Love of the Hardest Sport in the World

By Bob Shacochis | July 8, 2016

Tennis: Good/Evil, Dread/Joy, All of Existence Within the Lines

Tennis: Good/Evil, Dread/Joy, All of Existence Within the Lines

The Literature of Tennis is the Literature of Life

By Matt Seidel | July 6, 2016

We Are All Sisyphus: On Following Soccer, and Family Rivalries

We Are All Sisyphus: On Following Soccer, and Family Rivalries

A Literary Look at the Beautiful Game, From Camus to Villoro

By Lorraine Berry | July 6, 2016

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The Homeric Epic of LeBron James

By David Giffels | June 24, 2016

Writers Defeat Publishers (At Basketball)

By Dwyer Murphy | June 17, 2016

The Most Important Basketball Game in the Country (on Wednesday)

By Dwyer Murphy | June 14, 2016

When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner

When a Novelist Becomes an Ultramarathoner

Ashley Ream on the Lessons of Endurance

By Ashley Ream | May 26, 2016

Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About

Ten Writers and The Sports They Should Write About

Marlon James on Soccer, Jesmyn Ward on Football, Hanya Yanagihira on Hockey, and More...

By Dwyer Murphy | April 27, 2016

George Plimpton, the Original Master of None

George Plimpton, the Original Master of None

From the Ice Rink to the Boxing Ring to the Ballpark, a Writer Who Tried it All

By Literary Hub | April 26, 2016

10 Contemporary Baseball Books for the New Season

10 Contemporary Baseball Books for the New Season

A Reading List for that Most Literary of Pastimes

By Dwyer Murphy | April 6, 2016

Love, Light, and Basketball on the Reservation

Love, Light, and Basketball on the Reservation

Shann Ray on Growing Up with the Cheyenne

By Shann Ray | November 2, 2015

When Andre Agassi Made Me a Woman (and a Writer)

When Andre Agassi Made Me a Woman (and a Writer)

Marie-Helene Bertino on the Literary Life Lessons of the Hardcourt

By Marie-Helene Bertino | October 29, 2015

Who Would Win If Writers Played for the Pennant?

Who Would Win If Writers Played for the Pennant?

Literary All-Star Teams from NYC, Chicago, Toronto, and Kansas City

By Literary Hub | October 20, 2015

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