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The World Championship between Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen features controversy, glamor, charges of "fake news," and ... Woody Harrelson?
The World Championship between Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen features controversy, glamor, charges of "fake news," and ... Woody Harrelson?
"Free Solo" tracks a mountain climber on what seems to be a suicide mission.
The basketball star's new school in Ohio embraces a promising model for helping at-risk communities.
Why I'm relieved the men's national team didn't qualify for Russia this year
The president's rant against kneeling athletes is a sign of things to come.
The abysmally unpopular governor of New Jersey is talking sports this week. It’s not going well.
The president and the NFL dynasty have a lot more in common than personal connections.
Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes?
Recalling the three black women who gender-integrated the Negro Leagues.
Fox's new drama about a woman in Major League Baseball, 'Pitch' aims to tell an uplifting story of female empowerment. But is it realistic?
How professional sports and stand-up comedy taught Trump to profit from racial stereotypes.
Colin Kaepernick's protest reflects our contentious relationship with the U.S. flag and national anthem.
The 1988 Summer Games set the template for the “neurotic” model of economic development that has plagued Rio and other Olympic cities.
The International Olympic Committee and its American media partners have failed miserably to bring the Games to where young people live.
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 6: Track and Field.
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 3: Weightlifting
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 1: Ping Pong.
Nell Zink has a modest proposal for the next generation of global sport.