Sportswriters try to be original, chiefly in how they treat the sporting event they just witnessed. “How can I put a fresh spin on this match,...
Irony is a constant reality of life. All the time, our lives get turned upside-down in some way. Our expectations and perceptions are constantly thwarted and...
Intersectionality is the hot academic term in American politics these days, referring to the intersection of race-centric issues and class-centric concerns which affect both politics and...
Grigor Dimitrov knows a thing or two about being the “next big thing.” Five years ago, Dimitrov was the fresh-faced twenty-something who seemed like he would...
Beating Roger Federer at a major tournament speaks for itself, viewed in isolation and disconnected from any other contexts or considerations. Yet, Stefanos Tsitsipas’s unavoidably familiar...
It is true that when two tennis players take the court, one must lose. To that extent, the upcoming Australian Open quarterfinal match between Ashleigh Barty...
By Anand Mamidipudi — @0thlaw on Twitter In 2009, a young American blonde, not even old enough to vote at 17, took the tennis world by...
The obvious headline story heading into the Australian Open fourth-round match between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic is the fact that Medvedev doesn’t really give a...
Serena Williams is busy playing Indian Wells and Miami during the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, but she knows how the NCAA Tournament — also...
The challenge of sports is sometimes found in the form of something simple but powerful. “Here is my 100-mile-per-hour fastball, son. I dare you to hit...
