Sports

What our favorite sports say about us

WEEKEND READ: A look at the top four sports and the people obsessed with them

Aug 10 •

A Surreal Encounter with the Philadelphia Eagles

The NFL stars and coach proved weirdly welcoming to a high school journalist

Feb 7 •

A surreal encounter with Pete Rose

Or: How I became a journalist, Part II

Oct 21, 2024 •

The madness of sports fanhood

Another in our series on Expat Sports Disorder, the unheralded digital affliction. This October, my beloved team forgot how to play baseball. But why…

Oct 12, 2024 •

The lot most foul of the overzealous ref

The controversial Super Bowl ending shows again that sports refereeing is a lonely path to tread. Trigger warning: this is about sports, but also life.

Feb 15, 2023 •

Expat Sports Disorder: The unheralded digital affliction

With my beloved Eagles in the Super Bowl, I update a rumination on sports fanhood from this column's early days, begging indulgence of veteran…

Feb 8, 2023 •

Soccer's infuriating imprecision

Americans watching the World Cup might ask: Where are my tenths of a second?

Dec 2, 2022 •

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