
Football Won’t Save Tua Tagovailoa From Himself
No mechanism exists for the NFL or anyone else to decide how many concussions are too many.

No mechanism exists for the NFL or anyone else to decide how many concussions are too many.

It’s hard to know whether the NFL star must step away from the game, even after his fourth concussion.

Many Black sports stars refused to be silent during the 2020 election. This time around, silence seems to suit them just fine.

A 19th-century philologist turned a Greek legend into a sport.

Forty years ago, women competed in the first Olympic marathon—and set a powerful precedent for female athletes in all sports.

Questions about unfair advantage won’t just go away.

Sports have always had sore losers. But based on this year’s Games, athletes seem to be getting worse at losing well.

Paying a little more attention to life outside of sports could benefit their mental health, during competition and after.

A collection of Atlantic articles on what makes athleticism a deeply human endeavor

The games didn’t always inspire global patriotic fervor.