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Basketball We Are Grown Men Playing a Child's Game via way of means of Gilbert Rogin The bearded guy giggling at his daughter is Bill Russell, the maximum fantastic basketball participant of our time. Sport, however, is certainly considered one among his lesser interests. Here are his trenchant, frequently indignant observations on cutting-edge Negro-white disaster and his position in it Shoot the Moon via way of means of Susan Orlean White guys in fits comply with Felipe Lopez anywhere he is going. They are ubiquitous. They hardly ever omit certainly considered one among Felipe's video games or tournaments... The No-Stats All-Star via way of means of Michael Lewis His greatness isn't marked in field rankings or at slam-dunk contests, however at the courtroom docket Shane Battier makes his group better, frequently a whole lot better, and his warring parties worse, frequently a whole lot worse. Jordan's Moment via way of means of David Halberstam A first-rate profile piece exploring a essential second from the mythical profession of basketball's largest star. Baseball The Trading Desk via way of means of Michael Lewis For the beyond 4 years, running with one of the lowest payrolls withinside the recreation, the Oakland A's have gained as many regular-season video games as nearly every other group. How on the earth did they do it? Baseball for Life via way of means of Sara Corbett People have widely wide-spread that it is O.K. for a skilled 7- or 8-year-antique gymnast to move away and now no longer see her own circle of relatives at all, however for a baseball participant to do whatever near that, it is like, 'Oh, my God, it's terrible!' The Curious Case of Sidd Finch via way of means of George Plimpton You can rarely see the blur of it because it is going via way of means of. As for hitting the thing, frankly, I simply do not suppose it is humanly possible Football The Ballad of Big Mike via way of means of Michael Lewis Every different high-faculty soccer participant in America become death for Lemming to ask him to play withinside the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Michael Oher had left his invitation at the table… Friday Night Lights via way of means of Buzz Bissinger Outside, the August night time become cool and serene, with only a wisp of West Texas wind. Inside, there has been a experience of pleasure and additionally relief, for the ready become essentially over... Game Brain via way of means of Jeanne Marie Laskas Let's say you run a multibillion-greenback soccer league. And let's concussions are making your gamers crazy. What might you do? G-L-O-R-Y! via way of means of Jeanne Marie Laskas The hot, peppy, underpaid international of the NFL cheerleaders There's No Crying on the Pee Wee Super Bowl via way of means of Jeanne Marie Laskas The largest little recreation withinside the international... Tennis Federer as Religious Experience via way of means of David Foster Wallace The international of top-flight tennis, and arguably its best exponent The String Theory via way of means of David Foster Wallace An obsessive inquiry into the physics and metaphysics of tennis Running Usain Bolt, Mutant via way of means of Luke Dittrich What might manifest if the quickest guy on the earth began out making an effort? Is the Fastest Human Ever Already Alive? via way of means of Chuck Klosterman Allow me to spare you the hyperbole: Usain Bolt is fast... The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius via way of means of Michael Sokolove Should a double amputee be allowed to race towards the international's first-rate able- bodied athletes, or may want to his incapacity provide him an unfair advantage? Either/Or via way of means of Ariel Levy How international-magnificence sprinter Caster Semenya places the concept of binary genders into question.