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Élite Gymnasts Are Aging Up
When Jordyn Wieber was four years old, her parents put her into a gymnastics class. Within a few years, the…
The Euros Are Like Europe, Only Better
There are two ways of confronting the tensions that have seized hold of Europe in recent days and weeks. Two…
The Father-Son Drama of LeBron and Bronny James
Two years ago, during All-Star weekend, LeBron James told a reporter that he would spend the final year of his…
The Mental Challenge of Winning the N.B.A. Finals
As the Boston Celtics have romped through the N.B.A. regular season and playoffs, Jaylen Brown, one the team’s two young…
Caitlin Clark’s New Reality | The New Yorker
In early April, during the N.C.A.A. Final Four, ESPN’s “SportsCenter” host Scott Van Pelt asked Diana Taurasi, the legendary guard…
The Boston Celtics and What Greatness Looks Like
At the start of training camp, early last October, the Boston Celtics’ social-media team posted a video of Jaylen Brown,…
A Forgotten Athlete, a Nazi Official, and the Origins of Sex Testing at the Olympics
His first surgical operation was completed around February, 1936. The technology for female-to-male surgeries was limited; the first phalloplasty wasn’t…
Saying Farewell to Rafael Nadal
“Playing sports is a good thing for ordinary people; sports played at the professional level is not good for your…
The Kafkaesque Journey of the Oakland A’s
The Oakland Coliseum, where the Athletics usually play, is a regular major-league baseball park, with a pitcher’s mound that measures…
The Joy of Defense | The New Yorker
Shortly after the Minnesota Timberwolves dismantled the Denver Nuggets in Game Two of the second round of the N.B.A. playoffs,…