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Baseball

The Trading Desk by Michael Lewis

For the past four years, working with one of the lowest payrolls in the game, the Oakland A's have won as many regular-season games as almost any other team. How on earth did they do it?

Baseball for Life by Sara Corbett

People have accepted that it's O.K. for a talented 7- or 8-year-old gymnast to go away and not see her family at all, but for a baseball player to do anything close to that, it's like, 'Oh, my God, that's terrible!'

The Curious Case of Sidd Finch by George Plimpton

You can hardly see the blur of it as it goes by. As for hitting the thing, frankly, I just don't think it's humanly possible

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We Are Grown Men Playing a Child's Game

by Gilbert Rogin

The bearded man laughing at his daughter is Bill Russell, the most remarkable basketball player of our time. Sport, however, is one of his lesser interests. Here are his trenchant, often angry observations on today's Negro-white crisis and his role in it

Shoot the Moon by Susan Orlean

White men in suits follow Felipe Lopez everywhere he goes. They are ubiquitous. They rarely miss one of Felipe's games or tournaments...

The No-Stats All-Star by Michael Lewis

His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.

Jordan's Moment by David Halberstam

A great profile piece exploring a quintessential moment from the legendary career of basketball's biggest star.