Quantcast

Sports Issue | The Nation

Sports Issue

Atlantic Yards construction site

Why Do Mayors Love Sports Stadiums?

Numerous cities are littered with “downtown catalysts” that failed to catalyze.

Neil DeMause

Squash and Revolution in Egypt
Of the top fifteen men's players in the world, seven of them are Egyptian, and the women's side is not far behind.
Paul Wachter
Posted Jul 27 2011 - 5:40pm
Sex Sells Sex, Not Women's Sports
So what does sell women's sports?
Mary Jo Kane
Posted Jul 27 2011 - 5:56pm
Jocks vs. Pukes
Jock Culture is a distortion of sports.
Robert Lipsyte
Posted Jul 27 2011 - 6:28pm

Articles

News and Features

[ Click for More ]
Monica Seles
On Monica Seles (Sports)

The collective resentment of Monica Seles was an expression of our cultural discomfort with a kind of overt female aggression that seems to revel in itself.

Jennifer Egan
3 comments
Arthur Ashe
On Arthur Ashe (Sports)

Arthur Ashe stands out as an athlete who used his gift and his fame to serve larger causes.

Jane Mayer
Muhammad Ali
On Muhammad Ali (Sports)

It wasn't until Magic Johnson came along that there was anyone who so completely altered our understanding of a sport and its possibilities more than Muhammad Ali.

David Remnick
Toller Cranston
On Toller Cranston (Sports)

Toller Cranston single-handedly reinvented men's skating.

Dahlia Lithwick
Carl Yastrzemski
On Carl Yastrzemski (Sports)

My family always rooted for the underdog.

Cecile Richards