On Monica Seles On Monica Seles
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.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jennifer Egan
Frank Beard Frank Beard
I may have been delusional about my golf game, but not about Frank Beard's.
Jul 27, 2011 / Stephen F. Cohen
On Toller Cranston On Toller Cranston
Toller Cranston single-handedly reinvented men's skating.
Jul 27, 2011 / Dahlia Lithwick
On Joe Namath and Yvan Cournoyer On Joe Namath and Yvan Cournoyer
My two first sports heroes, in a long and ever-expanding gallery, were oddly matched, though both wore the number twelve.
Jul 27, 2011 / Adam Gopnik
On Roberto Clemente On Roberto Clemente
I was blown away by the intensity and grace with which Roberto Clemente played the game.
Jul 27, 2011 / John Sayles
On Jim Thorpe On Jim Thorpe
As we near the 100th anniversary of Jim Thorpe’s triumph in the 1912 Olympics, his story is worth telling again and again.
Jul 27, 2011 / Dennis Kucinich
Media Blows Debt Crisis Coverage With Balance Bias Media Blows Debt Crisis Coverage With Balance Bias
The misleading press coverage of the debt fight reveals a fundamental problem with today’s journalism—the quest for innocence and balance when it does not exist.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Melber
On Arthur Ashe On Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe stands out as an athlete who used his gift and his fame to serve larger causes.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jane Mayer
Rube Walker Rube Walker
“Third-string catchers are rarely anybody's hero, but Rube Walker remains one of mine.”
Jul 27, 2011 / Dan Rather