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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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