Fox’s Pitch Is Not Pure Fiction
Recalling the three black women who gender-integrated the Negro Leagues.
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.
How hard-core gymnastics fans are revolutionizing the way the sport is covered.
Ten refugee athletes will march under the Olympic flag in Rio.
Devised as an indoor sport for amateurs, softball has diverged into two different games—one slow, and one very fast.
How an aging pro wrestler inspired Cassius Clay to become the most vocal athlete in America.
Muhammad Ali made every big fight into a moment of moral and political crisis in the culture.
How the surgical fix for an overworked elbow is creating more problems than it solves.