Listen: An Extremely Bizarre Plan to Play Basketball
Rising case numbers, an empty theme park, and 22 teams in quarantine. What could go wrong?
Sports
Athletes During the Pandemic Are Learning What Fans Have Always Known
As players return to empty arenas, they are discovering a basic truth: Live sports is an act of social imagination.
Baseball’s Strange and Poignant Return to TV
The first live sports games to air in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic provide a hopeful, yet harrowing, look at the future.
The Mythos of Michael Jordan Continues
With its deep archival footage of the Bulls legend, The Last Dance was always going to be epic. Now it needs to fill the void of sports writ large.
What Happens to Gambling When Sports Shut Down?
The cancellation of major events has left stadiums empty and casinos closed.
The Brainiest Hitter
Can Joey Votto outsmart age?
The Wide World of Socially Distanced Sports
A few creative suggestions for programming that can safely entertain a television audience during the pandemic
I’ve Been Training for the Olympics, and Pushing the Games Back Was the Right Call
The Games would hardly be a celebration if some athletes had to endanger themselves to train.
I Miss Sports So, So, So Much
Their sudden disappearance due to the coronavirus left a gigantic hole in American life.
An Ode to Fallibility
Instant replay is ruining sports.