But It’s Just a Game

The sample size is still embarrassingly small, but at least there's less room for the availability cascade.

• By Noah Davis

There are no Great Men.

• By Noah Davis

Sometimes the pressure is just too much for the brain to handle.

• By Danielle Elliot

Paula Radcliffe set the world record in 2003. Since then? No one's come within three minutes of her mark.

• By Noah Davis

And really, it's not that big of a deal.

• By Noah Davis

How the head of the governing body for the world's most popular sport freely wields his wildly incompetent power.

• By Noah Davis

There’s a psychological explanation for the weak punishment given to Ray Rice before a video surfaced that made a re-evaluation unavoidable.

• By Eric Horowitz

How the Bay Area is building America's most ambitious anti-trafficking coalition.

• By Ted Scheinman

Phasing out football programs as we learn more about their damaging effects on the brain may benefit more than just our minds and bodies.

• By Steve Swayne

Sure, but it probably won't help.

• By Noah Davis

A senior advisor to the National Congress of American Indians once threw an embarrassing themed party that involved headdresses. He regrets that costume now, but knows his experience is one many others can relate to.

• By Peter Morris

But even with odd experiments and disparate conclusions, researchers are edging closer to a more nuanced idea of how they change our behavior.

• By Paul Bisceglio

Because almost no country does.

• By Noah Davis

In a country where immigrants haven't always been welcome, politicians champion Die Mannschaft as an integrated model of diversity.

• By Brian Blickenstaff

The guys who turned Moby Dick into a successful card game are now setting their sights on the Old English epic.

• By Noah Davis

But here's why the equine birth-organ trend seems like it's gaining steam.

• By Noah Davis

The age limits in the NBA and NFL were both the result of a small, powerful group using that power to fortify its current position. Sound familiar?

• By Kevin Lincoln

The basic economics of the draft—first-round picks are overvalued; the more players you draft, the better—are well known, but general managers still manage to ignore them. What once might have been an economic issue has become a psychological one.

• By Aaron Gordon

The power of dietary rituals on the streets of Boston.

• By James McWilliams

When the U.S. and Mexico play on American soil, who the home team is depends on the purpose of the game: making money or getting a win.

• By Noah Davis

While a San Francisco 49ers jersey with a Facebook badge across the chest might seem inevitable, it's still not a reality.

• By Paul Hiebert

Appeals, more lawsuits, and maybe the NCAA looking for a compromise.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

Also: a reminder that they don't try to.

• By Noah Davis

According to a number of former varsity athletes at Indiana University, it does. But don't panic just yet: The findings are still very preliminary.

• By Paul Hiebert