The Man in the Ravine: On Andy McCullough’s “The Last of His Kind”
T. M. Brown reviews Andy McCullough’s “The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness.”
"I see great things in baseball." — Walt Whitman
T. M. Brown reviews Andy McCullough’s “The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness.”
T. M. BrownJun 20
Leif Weatherby reviews Matthew Coller’s “Football Is a Numbers Game: Pro Football Focus and How a Data-Driven Approach Shook Up the Sport.”
Leif WeatherbyFeb 4
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Tosten Burks surveys the new philosophy and syntax of basketball writing.
Tosten BurksSep 29, 2023
Samuel Fury Childs Daly reviews artist Matthew Barney’s new film “Secondary.”
Samuel Fury Childs DalySep 27, 2023
Liz Wolfson profiles Katie Heindl, author of the sports Substack “Basketball Feelings.”
Liz WolfsonJun 10, 2023
Paul Thompson speaks with Drew Millard about his new book, “How Golf Can Save Your Life.”
Paul ThompsonJun 5, 2023
Joseph Darda reviews Theresa Runstedtler’s “Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA.”
Joseph DardaMar 19, 2023
Clarissa Fragoso Pinheiro discusses how football in Brazil is a central pillar sustaining the collective illusion of a shared national identity.
Clarissa Fragoso PinheiroFeb 25, 2023
David Lipset reviews Lisa Uperesa’s anthropological study “Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game.”
David LipsetSep 11, 2022
Pickup soccer games are the world’s true social media.
Dan FriedmanFeb 18, 2022
What’s the meaning of our grief for sports heroes — especially those, like Maradona, well known for their personal failings?
Alessandro CamonJan 17, 2021
Julia Scheeres talks to Brad Balukjian about his road trip to track down all the players in a 1986 package of Topps.
Julia ScheeresNov 14, 2020