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August 21, 2016
The Heinous Olympification of Seoul
The 1988 Summer Games set the template for the “neurotic” model of economic development that has plagued Rio and other Olympic cities.
August 17, 2016
How the Olympics Lost Millennials
The International Olympic Committee and its American media partners have failed miserably to bring the Games to where young people live.
August 15, 2016
A Gentleman’s Sport, Now With Lasers
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.
August 12, 2016
Pakistan’s Boxing Triumph
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.
August 11, 2016
The Racial Politics of Track and Field
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 6: Track and Field.
August 9, 2016
My Father, The Weightlifter
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 3: Weightlifting
August 8, 2016
Ping Pong, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Sport
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 1: Ping Pong.
August 4, 2016
The Sustainable Olympics
Nell Zink has a modest proposal for the next generation of global sport.
July 19, 2016
Could the Russian team be banned from the Rio Olympics?
July 1, 2016
NBA free agency is nuts.
July 1, 2016
Donald Trump likes the worst professional athletes.
June 29, 2016
Will Euro 2016 continue to be great?
June 29, 2016
Magazine
The Tumbler Tumblr
How hard-core gymnastics fans are revolutionizing the way the sport is covered.
June 24, 2016
The Rio Olympics sure seem like a mess!
June 20, 2016
Why the First Olympic Refugee Team Won’t Be the Last
Ten refugee athletes will march under the Olympic flag in Rio.
June 15, 2016
Euro 2016 has been pretty great so far.
June 10, 2016
This Is England: What Euro 2016 Means for a Country on the Brink
June 8, 2016
Maria Sharapova is out of the game for two years in connection to her failed drug test.
June 7, 2016
When Softball Began to Play Hardball
Devised as an indoor sport for amateurs, softball has diverged into two different games—one slow, and one very fast.
June 4, 2016
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The Branding of Muhammad Ali
How an aging pro wrestler inspired Cassius Clay to become the most vocal athlete in America.

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