Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

And the First Openly Gay Olympic Medalist Was a Poet

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 29, 2024

What Mary Renault’s <em>The Last of the Wine</em> Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

Justin Muchnick on His All-Time Favorite Novel of the Olympic Games

By Justin Muchnick | July 26, 2024

How a Generation of Women and Queer Skateboarders Fought for Visibility and Recognition

How a Generation of Women and Queer Skateboarders Fought for Visibility and Recognition

Deborah Stoll on Defying Gender Norms and Expectations in Extreme Sports

By Deborah Stoll | July 18, 2024

8 bike books to read before the Tour de France ends.

8 bike books to read before the Tour de France ends.

By James Folta | July 17, 2024

Joseph O’Neill on Writing a Socially Relevant Soccer Novel

Joseph O’Neill on Writing a Socially Relevant Soccer Novel

Belinda McKeon Talks to the Author of “Godwin”

By Belinda McKeon | July 3, 2024

On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

Vicki Valosik on Our Millennia Long Love-Hate Relationship With Getting in the Water

By Vicki Valosik | June 27, 2024

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Lost in Translation: Unpacking the Shohei Ohtani Scandal

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Emily Nemens On the All-But-Invisible Role of Interpreters, in Literature and in Baseball

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On the Time the Iron Sheik Threatened to Kill Me

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Brad Balukjian on Falling in Love with Professional Wrestling, Kayfabe, and Fact-Checking an Angry Childhood Hero

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Rita Bullwinkel on Writing Sports Narratives

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The Great Divide Between Playing and Watching

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No Perfect Laps, No Perfect Drafts: Jade Song on What Swimming Taught Her About Writing

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The Author of “Chlorine” Reflects on Being a Teenage Athlete and the Dangers of Perfectionism

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Ten Unforgettable Baseball Nicknames of Yesteryear

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Kevin Baker Takes Us On a Journey Through New York City Baseball History

By Kevin Baker | March 28, 2024

Greek Tragedy in the Bottom of the Ninth: On Baseball’s High Literary Drama

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How Lew Alcindor Became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Scott Howard-Cooper on the Early Years of a Future Basketball Icon

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