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Pick of the week: Baseball’s secret Zen fraternity

Pick of the week: "Knuckleball!" explores baseball's weirdest pitch, and R.A. Dickey's unlikely quest for glory

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Sep 14, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Our Picks, Our Picks: Movies

Vikings punter tackles homophobic pol

Maryland delegate Emmet C. Burns Jr. wants football player Brendon Ayanbadejo to shut up. Chris Kluwe disagrees

Prachi Gupta Friday, Sep 7, 2012 9:21 PM UTC 32
Life Football, Chris kluwe, Gay Rights

Paterno bio: “Disgusting and disgraceful”

The Joe Paterno biography, which makes apologies for its subject, is a minor literary crime

Paul Campos Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 5:14 PM UTC 47
Entertainment Books, Sports, Joe Paterno

British soccer goes for broke

Running a profitable team is no longer good enough in the Premier League

Michael Goldfarb, GlobalPost Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 3:59 PM UTC 11
News GlobalPost, Sports, Soccer

Augusta National adds first 2 female members

Doug Ferguson, Associated Press Monday, Aug 20, 2012 6:40 PM UTC 14
Entertainment From the Wires, Sports, Golf

Endurance swimmer Nyad approaches Fla. from Cuba

The 63 year old swimmer is attempting to make be the first to make the 103 mile crossing without a shark cage

Associated Press Monday, Aug 20, 2012 11:57 AM UTC
Life From the Wires, Sports, Swimming

Weird news of the day

A 297-lb Texas boy is too big to play peewee football

By Linda Stewart Ball, Associated Press Friday, Aug 17, 2012 4:16 AM UTC
Entertainment From the Wires, Texas, Football

Melky Cabrera: Stop worrying about steroids

A top player gets suspended for taking testosterone. Trouble is, no one knows what it does -- or how it might help

Allen Barra Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 8:50 PM UTC 12
All Salon Sports, Melky Cabrera, Baseball

Felix Hernandez pitches perfect game

The Tampa Bay Rays couldn't touch the Mariners' ace

Associated Press Wednesday, Aug 15, 2012 10:12 PM UTC
Entertainment Felix Hernandez, Perfect Game

Gloves off

An inside look at the history and uncertain future of Chicago's mutant strain of softball

Adam Doster, The Classical Friday, Aug 10, 2012 11:30 PM UTC
Life The Classical, Sports, softball

Dumb tweets: Less swift than Usain Bolt

The champion sprinter left some tweeters in the dust

Alex Halperin Thursday, Aug 9, 2012 10:56 PM UTC
News 2012 Summer Olympics

Kvelling for Aly Raisman

What does Raisman, her gold, and "Hava Nagila" say about ethnicity and the Olympics?

Willa Paskin Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012 3:38 AM UTC 19
Entertainment 2012 Summer Olympics

Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb

Do we hate Ryan Lochte because he's beautiful -- or because he exposes our own shallowness? #Jeah!

Tracy Clark-Flory Monday, Aug 6, 2012 9:30 PM UTC 87
Life Ryan Lochte, Olympics

Marlen Esparza is my idol

I'm a middle-aged mom, but the boxing dynamo is teaching me the thrill of hitting like a girl

Ondine Galsworth Monday, Aug 6, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Life Olympics, Boxing, Sports

Politicizing black hair

Does the media's fascination with Gabby Douglas' hair mean we've finally accepted the way black women look?

Syreeta, Feministing Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 25
Politics Feministing, Gabby Douglas

Why I wasn’t rooting for the U.S.

I’m not unpatriotic -- I swear. But when it comes to Olympic basketball, my love of the underdog is just too strong

Steve Kornacki Saturday, Aug 4, 2012 9:30 PM UTC 36
Entertainment Basketball, Dream Team

Athletes don’t wear heels

Women at the world's top sporting event are shaking off pressure to be feminine in the public eye

Amanda Marcotte, The American Prospect Saturday, Aug 4, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 20
Entertainment The American Prospect

Picture of the day

A gorgeous composition of an overlooked Olympic sport

Salon Staff Thursday, Aug 2, 2012 10:43 PM UTC
Life sailing, 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabby Douglas wins gold in all-around

U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas won gold in the all-around competition. Here's a look back at her road to the podium

Salon Staff Thursday, Aug 2, 2012 8:52 PM UTC
Life Summer Olympics 2012

Don’t chant “U.S.A.!”

It's liberal Americans' Olympic dilemma: How do they root for their countrymen without being jingoistic?

David Sirota Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 78
Politics 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympics

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