Finding Ross’ Gold
With marijuana legalization on the horizon in Canada, Pacific Standard catches up with Ross Rebagliati, Olympic athlete and prohibition poster boy from the ’90s.
The Sports Lens
Playing as If the World Mattered
A Q&A with athlete, activist, and author Gabriel Kuhn.
What's the Greatest Record in Sports History?
A new study says it belongs to Barry Bonds, but probably not for the reason you think.
When Pressure Is Privilege
How National Hockey League officials deal with deafening crowds, tough players, and big moments. A Q&A with veteran NHL linesman Scott Driscoll.
Building a Strong Man
How attempting the improbable, and chasing the past, led one man to find a community—and himself.
The Cost of Legacy
In Toronto, the most expensive Pan Am Games ever just ended. Were they worth it?
The Great Wayne Gretzky Heist
What happens when the things we use to define ourselves go missing?
The World's Most Progressive Sport: Quidditch!
How one alternative sport is helping further gender equality, in athletics and beyond.
The Small-Town Advantage
Athletes from outside major city centers dominate professional sports. Why?
Taping It and Making It: The Rise of Kinesiology Tape and the Power of Placebos in Sports
Just because several studies have failed to find any significant benefits to using Kinesio Tape doesn’t mean it can’t still be effective.
Power, Pucks, and Parity: The Ongoing Discrimination of Female Collegiate Coaches
Shannon Miller is out a job, but the reason why is not yet clear.
Want to Be the President? Start Playing Sports
How politicians use athletics to their advantage.
Growing Up and Burning Out
It takes more than basketball skills to make it to the NCAA tournament.
The Leader of the Pack
Stories about athletes with flawed character are endless, but what about those who exceed our expectations?
Jason Collins, Revisited
A new study explores how newspapers and social media framed a historic first.
The Activist Athlete in the Digital Age
Could platforms like The Players’ Tribune usher in a new age of activism among athletes? The answer is up to us.
The First Death of an Athlete
By choice or by circumstance, exiting sport is inevitable. What happens after is less certain.
Even in Sports, You Are What You Eat
To cheer for a team, or a sport, is to become part of a larger social phenomenon. Food is another—important—part of that shared identity.
The Commodification of Marshawn Lynch
Image and authenticity in the world of celebrity sport.
Everybody Knows NBA Players Smoke Marijuana
Athletes, the media, and marijuana: On organizational authority and racial framing in sport.