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Why I Run: On Thoreau and the Pleasures of Not Quite Knowing Where You’re Going

Why I Run: On Thoreau and the Pleasures of Not Quite Knowing Where You’re Going

Rachel Richardson Doesn’t Need Your Directions

By Rachel Richardson | October 7, 2022

On Falling in Love with Goalkeeping

On Falling in Love with Goalkeeping

An Excerpt From Kelcey Ervick’s Graphic Memoir, The Keeper

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Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Allure and Illusions: My Seven-Year-Old, Me, and the Cult of Gymnastics

Alison Wisdom Finds Similarities Between an Elite Sport and a Fundamentalist Church

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Winning Fairly: Lessons About Successful Leadership From a Real-Life Ted Lasso

Winning Fairly: Lessons About Successful Leadership From a Real-Life Ted Lasso

John U. Bacon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 21, 2022

Hemlines and Court Lines: On the Evolution of Women’s Tennis Clothes

Hemlines and Court Lines: On the Evolution of Women’s Tennis Clothes

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell on Suzanne Lenglen—Tennis Pro and Fashion Icon

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Back to School for Everyone: Sports and Contemporary Writing with Sam Lipsyte

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The Thrill of Agony, the Victory of Defeat

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Forbidden Love: On the Muslim Women Who Fought for Their Right to Play Futsal

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In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

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Ron Shelton on Making <em>Bull Durham</em>, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

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Three Decades Later, the Writer and Director Looks Back at How It All Got Started

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Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence

Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence

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