Of all the places I’ve worked and played in my life, the politest one, the one where people were the most courteous and quiet, was a boxing gym in Decatur, Georgia. I hung out there for two years when I was in my early fifties, the boxing workouts being just right for an older guy. If you take it . . . . Continue Reading »
An early form of baseball was well-established in England by the mid-eighteenth century. Continue Reading »
Women are being denied their distinctive female sports, their distinctive female bodies, and, ultimately, their distinctive female identities. Continue Reading »
Outside sports, where can you see fine-tuned teamwork in action, where hard work, skill, and grit are rewarded in real time? Continue Reading »
It was refreshing that this year’s England team looked nothing like superstars. Continue Reading »
Those at the 2018 Synod on Youth should consider why John Paul II held such appeal for young people. Continue Reading »
In his inaugural First Things web column, John Wilson shares his favorite books about baseball. Continue Reading »
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament brings out the fanatic in every fan, and inspires behavior puzzling to the uninitiated. Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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