A new issue of The New York Times' "Play Magazine" is out. Michael Lewis on baseball’s losing formula: There are a variety of ways to drum up fan interest, from free-hat days at the park to post-game fireworks, but the best way is to field a competitive team. A review of I Dream in Blue: Life, Death, and the New York Giants by Roger Director and The Blueprint: How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower by Christopher Price. A study of former high-school American football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men. A look at the world's most ridiculous sports team names. Sequins & Scandals: Why figure skating's popularity is in freefall — and no, it ain't just the costumes. London's Olympic venue has been unveiled with much fanfare, but what do national stadiums really say about the countries they are in?
