I Saw Horrific Things When I Played in the NFL
Half of football is enduring pain. The other half is inflicting it.
Sports
Damar Hamlin’s Tragedy, Anti-vaxxers’ Gold
Opportunists used the cardiac arrest of an NFL player to promote deadly disinformation.
The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest
Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.
Are Sports Worth the Risks?
Plus: A clue to life on Mars
The Dark Pageant of the NFL
If football is about to undergo some hint of a reckoning, it will be only partial.
What It’s Like to Retire in Your Early 20s
Some former college athletes face the existential crisis of a career ending at a young age.
Photos: Argentina’s World Cup Victory Celebration
Images from Buenos Aires, where so many fans came out to cheer for their champions that they had to cancel the parade midway through
Against Skiing
This beloved winter pastime is not for everyone. And especially not for me.
The Lionel Messi Guide to Living
Like any great artist, the aging soccer phenom showed a youth-obsessed world the potential glory of a late-style triumph.
The Qatar World Cup Is History
The tournament lent itself to moments of drama that also fit into broader historical narratives.