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Warming Up: How Climate Change Is Changing Sport
By Madeleine Orr
Can athletics defeat global warming? Let’s cheer it on.
Bare Knuckle: Bobby Gunn, 73-0 Undefeated. A Dad. A Dream. A Fight Like You’ve Never Seen.
By Stayton Bonner
Meet the unlikely hero of an unseemly sport.
Ice War Diplomat
By Gary J. Smith
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An affable Canadian ambassador recounts long-ago sports diplomacy.
An affable Canadian ambassador recounts long-ago sports diplomacy.
Sprinting Through No Man’s Land
By Adin Dobkin
Recounting how the famed race emerged from the shadow of World War I.
The Triumph of the Amateurs
By William Lanouette
A detail-rich — if somewhat flat — look at a brief era when scullers were superstars.
Double Plays and Double Crosses
By Don Zminda
An absorbing look at a long-ago scandal that took the shine off the diamond.
Sprinting Through No Man’s Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France
By Adin Dobkin
Recounting how the famed race emerged from the shadow of World War I.
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