Trans Men Erase Women

by Charlotte Allen

Women are being denied their distinctive female sports, their distinctive female bodies, and, ultimately, their distinctive female identities.   Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2019 0

Tale of Two Quarterbacks

by Peter J. Leithart

Outside sports, where can you see fine-tuned teamwork in action, where hard work, skill, and grit are rewarded in real time?  Continue Reading »

4 Jan 2019 0

This Is England

by Dan Hitchens

It was refreshing that this year’s England team looked nothing like superstars. Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2018 0

Baseball and Synod 2018

by George Weigel

Those at the 2018 Synod on Youth should consider why John Paul II held such appeal for young people.  Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2018 0

Of Books and Baseball

by John Wilson

In his inaugural First Things web column, John Wilson shares his favorite books about baseball.  Continue Reading »

13 Apr 2018 0

Holy Madness

by Kenneth Colston

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament brings out the fanatic in every fan, and inspires behavior puzzling to the uninitiated. Continue Reading »

15 Mar 2018 0

A New Lenten Discipline

by George Weigel

For Lent 2016, I adopted a new Forty Days discipline in addition to intensified prayer, daily almsgiving, and letting my liver have its annual vacation: I quit sports talk radio, cold turkey. Continue Reading »

8 Mar 2017 0

Choreography and Improv

by Peter J. Leithart

Despite appearances, jazz and baseball are historically intertwined. Baseball players and jazz musicians both strive for a perfect balance between disciplined practice and spontaneity. Continue Reading »

24 Feb 2017 0

Baseball: Practices for Coming Home

by Jeffrey Bilbro

The American pastime offers a balm for our restless, competitive, and often militaristic culture. Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2016 0

Sporting Transcendence

by Richard J. Mouw

Recently I got quite caught up in a football game on television. It was a close match right to the very end. And in a dramatic finish the college team I was rooting for pulled off the victory. Watching it was a good way of spending a few hours. I did not experience any self-transcendence, however. . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2015 0