Every issue has one section dedicated to a particular question. Collecting responses from a range of perspectives, these symposia prompt us to think about the values and ideas that shape our most urgent cultural and personal decisions.
“To reflect on sport is to reflect on more than the direct lessons of athletic experience; it is also to confront some of the widest questions of ethical life...”
Soccer and Schizophrenia
For the last year and a half, I’ve been living in a flat in central London with no internet or TV, which means I’ve been…
Healthy Rivalry
We not only want to defeat our opponents, we also depend on them and their skill, courage and hostility in order to prove and hone…
Hail Mary Time?
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of American sports from a European perspective is that for all their consumerist glitz, the leagues themselves are exemplary not…
March Madness
What is it about March? The giddiness of spring when nature breaks forth in all its fecundity. Festivals like St. Patrick’s Day, Carnival, Mardi Gras.…
The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts
Imagine a very different world from the one in which we live. A world in which the high school curriculum at most public schools includes…
