Peter J. Spiro (Temple): The End of Olympic Nationality. Curtis Fogel (Lakehead): Sporting Masculinity on the Gridiron: Construction, Characteristics and Consequences. From The Point, a symposium: What is sport for? From The Atlantic Monthly, a cover story on The Shame of College Sports: College quarterbacks are denounced for partying with agents or trading autographs for tattoos, but the real scandal is the NCAA’s fundamentally unjust concept of amateurism. Has over-competitiveness and professionalism in sport ruined the experience for both fans and players, asks Dominic Hobson. Everybody who plays a sport for fun has encountered a Serious Guy. A look at what jock culture does to pukes like you. Gerald Marzorati on the fierce intimacy of tennis rivalries: Why they’re the most intense in all of sports. A review of Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women’s Sports by SusanWare. Nathaniel Grow (Georgia): In Defense of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption. How the cult of individualism is ruining baseball: A study suggests many fans would rather see a superstar break records than watch their team win the World Series. Get your own damn Man in White: Sign stealing, the Jays and so-called "cheating" in baseball. A review of A Level Playing Field: African-American Athletes and the Republic of Sports by Gerald L. Early. A review of Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball by Rebecca Alpert (and an interview). Sports vs. Social Justice: Does Derek Jeter really deserve to earn millions of dollars? From Duke magazine, Bridget Booher on the economics, ethics, and excesses of the games we love. The crowd goes wild: The shrinking online distance between sports fans and their heroes. An interviews with the writers behind the new sports site The Classical. Adam Augustyn on the top 10 sports cliches to avoid at all costs.
