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A Woman’s Place is in the Ring: On Gender, Performativity and the Unreal

A Woman’s Place is in the Ring: On Gender, Performativity and the Unreal

Rufi Thorpe Considers Wrestling As a Way of Revealing the Inner Self

By Rufi Thorpe | June 11, 2024

Not Like Other Dykes: On Femininity, Basketball, and the Caitlin Clark Effect

Not Like Other Dykes: On Femininity, Basketball, and the Caitlin Clark Effect

Mac Crane Examines What It Means to Perform Identity on the Court

By Mac Crane | June 10, 2024

Friday Night Flames: How Wildfires Threatened One High School’s Football Season

Friday Night Flames: How Wildfires Threatened One High School’s Football Season

Madeleine Orr Considers the Impact of Climate Change on Athletics

By Madeleine Orr | May 13, 2024

Lost in Translation: Unpacking the Shohei Ohtani Scandal

Lost in Translation: Unpacking the Shohei Ohtani Scandal

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

By Emily Nemens | April 8, 2024

On the Time the Iron Sheik Threatened to Kill Me

On the Time the Iron Sheik Threatened to Kill Me

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

By Brad Balukjian | April 8, 2024

Rita Bullwinkel on Writing Sports Narratives

Rita Bullwinkel on Writing Sports Narratives

The Great Divide Between Playing and Watching

By Rita Bullwinkel | March 29, 2024

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Playing the Dozens: On the Joys and Functions of Sh*t Talk

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On Learning to Ride a Motorcycle After Fifty

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Back from Behind Like Patrick Mahomes: A Reading List of Comeback Stories

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Roy A. Meals on Artificially-Enhanced Feats of the Human Body

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A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

Karen Pinchin on Nova Scotia in the 1930s and the Men Who Made History

By Karen Pinchin | July 25, 2023

Ethan Scheiner on the Courageous Czechoslovakian Hockey Team That Beat the Soviets

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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