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

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

The Thrill of Agony, the Victory of Defeat

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

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

By Daniel Shailer | July 11, 2022

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Lynne Cox on the Daring Feats of a Flying Newfoundland

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Andrea Marcolongo on How Running Fuels Her Creative Process

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On the Ball: In Memory of Roger Angell, 1920-2022

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Michael Lindgren on One of the All-Time Greats

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Unearthing the Pre-NBA History of African American Basketball

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Claude Johnson on the Stories We Almost Lost

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