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September 12, 2016
Stacia L. Brown
For Black America, Absolute Love of Country Is Impossible
Colin Kaepernick's protest reflects our contentious relationship with the U.S. flag and national anthem.
August 30, 2016
Alex Shephard
Colin Kaepernick deserves better.
August 21, 2016
Sukjong Hong
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
Clio Chang
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
Maggie Shipstead
A Gentleman’s Sport, Now With Lasers
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 8: Modern pentathlon.
August 12, 2016
Rafia Zakaria
Pakistan’s Boxing Triumph
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.
August 11, 2016
Matthew Pratt Guterl
The Racial Politics of Track and Field
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 6: Track and Field.
August 9, 2016
Clancy Martin
My Father, The Weightlifter
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 3: Weightlifting
August 8, 2016
Anna Wiener
Ping Pong, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Sport
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 1: Ping Pong.
August 4, 2016
Nell Zink
The Sustainable Olympics
Nell Zink has a modest proposal for the next generation of global sport.
July 19, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Could the Russian team be banned from the Rio Olympics?
July 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
NBA free agency is nuts.
July 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump likes the worst professional athletes.
June 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Will Euro 2016 continue to be great?
June 29, 2016
MagazineElspeth Reeve
The Tumbler Tumblr
How hard-core gymnastics fans are revolutionizing the way the sport is covered.
June 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Rio Olympics sure seem like a mess!
June 20, 2016
María Cristina García
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
Ryu Spaeth
Euro 2016 has been pretty great so far.
June 10, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
This Is England: What Euro 2016 Means for a Country on the Brink
June 8, 2016
Adam Peck
Maria Sharapova is out of the game for two years in connection to her failed drug test.

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