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On Messi, Ronaldo, and the Radical Remaking of the World’s Game Over the Last 20 Years

On Messi, Ronaldo, and the Radical Remaking of the World’s Game Over the Last 20 Years

Jonathan Clegg in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | October 21, 2022

The End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Revolution Is Changing Soccer

The End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Revolution Is Changing Soccer

Ryan O'Hanlon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2022

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

By Kelcey Ervick | October 4, 2022

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

By Alison Wisdom | September 21, 2022

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

By Keen On | September 21, 2022

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

By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell | September 9, 2022

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

By Sam Lipsyte | September 6, 2022

Players and Coaches Wanted: On the Beginnings of Toledo’s Pro Women’s Football Team

Players and Coaches Wanted: On the Beginnings of Toledo’s Pro Women’s Football Team

Stephen Guinan on the Women Who Heeded the Call

By Stephen Guinan | September 1, 2022

Big Business, Small Town Ideals: On Midwestern College Football

Big Business, Small Town Ideals: On Midwestern College Football

Ben Mathis-Lilley on the University of Michigan and the Allure of Winning

By Ben Mathis-Lilley | August 31, 2022

Where Are the Larger-Than-Life Stories of Black Boxers in Fiction?

Where Are the Larger-Than-Life Stories of Black Boxers in Fiction?

John Vercher on the Lack of Black Protagonists in Fight Fiction

By John Vercher | August 24, 2022

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

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

“Many of the women desperate to play had seen the game snatched away from them as children.”

By Jamie Fahey | August 5, 2022

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

Daniel Shailer on Charles Sprawson’s Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

By Daniel Shailer | July 11, 2022

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

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

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

By Dwyer Murphy | July 7, 2022

From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

Michel Loynd Recommends Books to Inspire Us

By Michael Loynd | June 23, 2022

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