Sports

Sports

The Life and Times of a Texas Football Legend

By Asher Price  September 5, 2019
Baseball

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

By Ryan Swanson  August 27, 2019
The Hub

Andrew Luck, retiring NFL star and inspiration for one of the all-time great Twitter accounts, is also a book nerd.

By Jonny Diamond  August 26, 2019
The Hub

Famous writer Bill Clinton umpired this past weekend’s Writers vs. Artists charity softball game (which is still a thing!)

By Jonny Diamond  August 22, 2019
Feminism

Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX

By Melissa Isaacson  August 16, 2019
Sports

Barred from the 1976 Olympics, These Swimmers Still Beat Olympic Records

By Mikael Rosén  July 25, 2019
Baseball

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

By Whitney Terrell  July 8, 2019
Father's Day

Red Sox Great Luis Tiant on Reuniting with His Father After 14 Years

By Luis Tiant  June 14, 2019
Summer

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

By Ellena Savage  June 12, 2019
Soccer

Despite Its Popularity, Women’s Soccer Still Struggles for Institutional Support

By Joshua Nadel  June 7, 2019
Soccer

Meet Britain’s First Woman Soccer Player, Nettie J. Honeyball

By Gemma Clarke  June 6, 2019
Sports

Why Would Anyone Choose to Run 100 Miles Through the Desert?

By Adharanand Finn  May 31, 2019
New in Nonfiction

Are You a Roger or a Tiger? On Specialization vs. Variety

By Hamilton Cain  May 28, 2019
Excerpts

The History Behind Baseball’s
Weirdest Pitch

By Tyler Kepner  April 24, 2019
News and Culture

On Oliver Sacks’ Obsession With Weightlifting

By Ross Mcindoe  April 18, 2019
News and Culture

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

By Wright Thompson  April 12, 2019
Sports

Fiction/Non/Fiction:
March Madness Edition

By Fiction Non Fiction  March 21, 2019
Essay

Why Are Writers Drawn to Boxing?

By Josh Rosenblatt  March 14, 2019
Essay

On the Hidden History of Queer Women in Baseball

By Britni de la Cretaz  March 13, 2019
Excerpts

Why Does This Small Vermont Town Have So Many Olympians?

By Karen Crouse  January 22, 2019
Essay

On the Intensity of Watching Basketball Alone in a Foreign Country

By Benjamin Markovits  December 6, 2018
Biography

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

By Albert Samaha  September 17, 2018
Excerpts

Stepping Into the Boxing Ring as a Transgender Man

By Thomas Page McBee  August 14, 2018
Essay

He Was the Best We’d Ever Seen: On Baseball, Greatness, and Writing

By Seth Sawyers  July 17, 2018
Deep Dive

Pin-Ups First, Athletes Second: Sexism in Surfing

By Holly Isemonger  June 25, 2018
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