Imagining an America Without Sports
What if we eliminated the institution of sport—from the high school level to the pros? Ten academics from around the country weigh in.
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How the Other Half Lifts: What Your Workout Says About Your Social Class
Why can't triathletes and weightlifters get along?
Not About LeBron James: Economic Restructuring in Cleveland
The basketball star isn't the only one moving back to Ohio. Even with manufacturing on the decline, Cleveland is drawing talented migrants from other areas.
World Cup Fever: A Missed Opportunity for Brazil?
For many, the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games represent missed opportunities to tackle health problems and inequality.
The Worst Basketball Team
Even bad basketball programs make the NCAA tournament once a decade just due to sheer randomness and dumb luck. So why have the Northwestern Wildcats never qualified?
The Worst Free-Throw Shooter
Why do some of the greatest basketball players ever struggle with an uncontested shot from just 15 feet away?
The Calm, Steady, Reliable Greece
Sometimes a national team looks nothing like the country it represents.
How Does Immigration Affect the Teams at the World Cup?
The number of immigrants in a country doesn't seem to have an effect on how diverse its national team is. If anything, it appears that ethnic and racial minorities get pushed toward soccer.
How Italian Will Italy Be After the World Cup?
The idea of Italian identity has always been a weak one, and the brief, oncer-every-four-years flirtation with the national team just brings those issues into sharper focus.
How Soccer Came to Define Brazil
The massive, multicultural, multiracial nation initially struggled to find a uniting identity—until everyone started playing and watching the sport brought over by the British.