The original version of this article was published in The Nation on July 13. When I first heard the 2026 World Cup was about ...

Having sat with Spain’s 2-0 victory over France in the World Cup semifinal for several hours now, I am left with an ...

As an anxious and judgmental person whose standards for interpersonal etiquette and social niceties might best be described ...

Aliyah Boston’s teammate drives so much of the American population insane that it’s easy to forget her own talent for getting ...

We’ll start with the most significant play of the 2026 MLB All-Star Game: a hit batsman. In the top of the third, with a man ...

In the movie Citizen Vigilante, the latest Uwe Boll provocation that’s gaining attention from the far-right side of the ...

This past Friday in Vegas, while many players were in town for NBA Summer League action, Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo got ...

Is the Tour de France the most competitive sleep environment in sports? “Probably, yeah,” answered Dr. Jon Greenwell, ...

It started, as all diarrhea outbreaks do, with rumblings of discontent. At first it was funny; "explosive diarrhea parasite" ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...

Bryce Harper has finally provided an answer to the question of how he ended up helping FanDuel convince a problem gambler to ...

The 2026 Tour de France is thus far mostly bereft of big narratives and interesting surprises. The race for the first two ...