Sports

Tale of Two Quarterbacks

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

This Is England

by Dan Hitchens

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

17 Jul 2018

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

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

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

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

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

Therapeutic Culture

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 19. Featuring: Philip Rieff’s The Triumph of the Therapeutic and the 2016 season in college football. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2016

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

March Madness? Just Say No

by Gilbert Meilaender

A recollection from my childhood: In the (relatively) small Midwestern town in which I grew up, many businesses would close on Good Friday from noon to 3:00 p.m. More than a few of the employees would spend that time in church before returning to work for what remained of the afternoon. At the time . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2016

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