sports

On the mismatched sporting advice of Clair Bee and John R. Tunis.

One hundred years ago, Ralph Samuelson successfully skied across the waters of Lake Pepin.

Sports, politics, and civic identity in modern Philadelphia.

Jim Thorpe, Jack Johnson, and the sporting middle ground.

Cyclist Tillie Anderson shattered records, dominated her competition, and earned the world champion title.

Why are young professionals crazy for marathons?

Black athletes didn’t “politicize” American sports. They’ve been a battleground from the very beginning.

The dark origins of the first mascots.

Like most relationships, it’s complicated.

19th-century Americans abandoned the English phrasing of "standing" for election and begin to describe candidates who "run" for office. The race was on.

As the 150th Kentucky Derby kicks off, the achievements of jockey Oliver Lewis and trainer Ansel Williamson at the first Derby have been largely forgotten.

San Francisco 49ers fans may feel like their team name is less racist than the “Chiefs,” but given the history of the Gold Rush, they shouldn’t be so smug.

A Hungarian immigrant first brought the soccer style field kick to the NFL.

How concern about injuries is changing sports.

A pair of minor league clubs are asking the court to reverse the league’s lucrative 101-year-old antitrust exemption.

The New York Renaissance, also known as the Harlem Renaissance, was the first Black-owned, all-black, fully-professional basketball team established in 1923.

How college basketball coach Pat Summitt transformed women's sports.

The Globetrotters have always been far more than just a comic exhibition team, just as sports have always meant much more than escapism.

It's the resurrection of an old dream.

Communists fighting the color line. Baseball players resisting owners. Baseball's untold history of struggles against racial injustice and labor exploitation.