Over 250 years, Americans’ rambunctious approach to athletic endeavor has become part of the country’s ethos, @sallyjenx.bsky.social argues. In The Atlantic’s July issue, she examines America’s long history of sport and fandom:
MMA might have been a sport if it hadn't let itself be swallowed whole by UFC buffoonery. Martial arts are practices. UFC is a blood circus.
I meant Captain Queeg. Spellcheck.
No, it's really not. Boxing is a sport, kickboxing is a sport. UFC matches are blood stunts and, in this case, a Nuremberg-style rally for the recruitment of a personal army dedicated to crotch kicking fellow Americans.
Really proud to have played a small role in bringing this film into being. Ask me, it blows away habitually slick sports documentary -- maybe because it isn't really about sports, although the tennis footage is riveting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_A...
My favorite pic of these two. It captures their relationship: the mutual understanding of two people who absolutely lit themselves on fire to beat the other -- and wound up discovering they were in a partnership.
Clearly.
There was literally zero critical thought. That place is managerial chaos with a Captain Queen at the top of the masthead, and it's a credit to the section editors and reporters that it remains functional.
Did you know George Washington played ball at Valley Forge? My latest. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
From the beginning, patriotism and play have been inextricably linked.
Meanwhile at the White Trash White House last night the main event wasn’t even in the ring. Fights were breaking out on the lawn everywhere under the light of fireworks. Not since the White House burned down in 1814 have we seen so many battles. Sign! 🤡
There was literally zero critical thought. That place is managerial chaos with a Captain Queen at the top of the masthead, and it's a credit to the section editors and reporters that it remains functional.
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Subscriptions must have absolutely cratered after the Bezos Post dumped sports coverage.
