Sports Archives - The American Scholar

Love Games and First Impressions

By Stephanie Bastek | 07/13/2017 |

How to judge tennis—or a stranger’s face

Tennis, Anyone?

By Phillip Lopate | 09/09/2016 |

Obsession and regression

Playing Ball in Brooklyn

By Brian Doyle | 04/22/2016 |

Sweep before you leap

Conscious Fouls

By Brian Doyle | 04/01/2016 |

A season-ending note on roundball

A Note on Shots

By Brian Doyle | 02/12/2016 |

Will it go through a hoop? Then launch away …

Mongo

By Brian Doyle | 06/05/2015 |

Why would you bait a guy who’d love to take out your teeth?

Bunt

By Brian Doyle | 01/30/2015 |

The art of amazement

I Say Shutout, You Say Clean Sheet

By Jessica Love | 06/12/2014 |

What happens to our speech when we watch international soccer

Hoop, Part II

By Brian Doyle | 05/02/2014 |

America’s game

A Note on Cricket

By Brian Doyle | 03/14/2014 |

From a land down under