“His life with the virus would be his witness, his public testimony. Performance as life, and life as performance.”

On the death of a major league pitcher and its aftermath.

She wanted to ride with men in one of the world’s most dangerous sports. She had a lot more than her competition to be worried about.

When a Black lineman from Colorado State went knocking on doors in a white neighborhood, he found himself at the dangerous intersection of a national racial reckoning and a world of internet-conspiracy fanaticism.

A profile of the gymnast.

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did everything it could to keep lesbians off the diamond. Seventy-five years later, its gay stars are finally opening up.

One man’s choice to stand alone. The story of race, politics, and power in baseball.

When a car careened onto a baseball field in Sanford, Maine, during a Babe Ruth game in 2018, it set in motion a true-crime mystery 50 years in the making.

It starts with something small, and you ignore it. I remember when Jrue and I first started dating, right after college, and one of the women on my club team made a passing comment about him. “Jrue is the whitest black guy I know.”

On learning to jog.

On Feb. 5, 2019, Maya Moore made an announcement on The Players' Tribune that would upend the WNBA: She would be sitting out the 2019 season to focus on "the people in my family, as well as on investing my time in some ministry dreams that have been stirring in my heart for many years." It was a stunning declaration. This was Maya Moore, in her prime.

Myth, storytelling, and lore in the most disappointing clubhouses of America’s pastime.

Leo Rodgers is the irrepressible gravel-racing hero we all need now.

The two poets correspond about basketball, life, and living.

More than 40 years ago, pioneering author Jim Fixx’s best-selling book brought jogging to the masses, espousing its physical and emotional benefits. Now, those themes resonate more than ever with a homebound society.

On the origins of Michael Jordan.

A Bad Boy coaches in the WNBA.

In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.

A letter from a cyclist who survived.

His savvy on a longboard earned him trophies. His burglary of the Natural History museum in New York earned him headlines. And his brutality on a Florida boat 50-odd years ago earned him a lifetime in prison. Now: What does penance get you?

Happy 59th! Or is it 58th? Cracking the mystery of Don Mattingly’s birthday.

A conversation with the former player, and new coach, about basketball, Beijing, and being understood.

After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.

The story of one of the great final acts in sports history.

How Barcelona became the most successful—and most beloved—club in soccer.