Sunday Aug 12th, 2012

An Olympic roundup of blog posts

It’s been a long, hard road to London 2012 and while the closing ceremony brings an end to the sporting events and spectacle, we all know it’s not truly the end. The Paralympics begin in a few weeks. There will continue to be reports, analysis, and even a few more blog posts from us. Let’s take a look back on Olympic news, analysis, context, and history from the past few months. And we’ll see you in Rio de Janeiro in 2016! read more »

Tuesday May 14th, 2013

Baseball scoring

Jessica Barbour on the power and music of the game
Friday Apr 19th, 2013

Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey

An extract from Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
Friday Apr 19th, 2013

A day in the life of a London marathon runner

An Oxford Companion to running the London marathon
Tuesday
Apr 9th, 2013

Reflections on Ebbets Field

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Sunday
Mar 31st, 2013

Why is baseball exempt from antitrust law?

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Monday
Feb 25th, 2013

Five things you might not know about Bobby Moore

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Tuesday
Feb 5th, 2013

Why football cannot last

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Wednesday
Jan 9th, 2013

Reveries of a solitary fell runner

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Tuesday
Dec 25th, 2012

Football, festivity, and music

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Tuesday
Oct 16th, 2012

American football on TV and the music of the night

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Wednesday
Aug 29th, 2012

What would the ancient Greeks make of London 2012?

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Saturday
Aug 11th, 2012

African Americans at the Olympic Games

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Saturday
Aug 11th, 2012

Olympic Greatness

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