Hey, 42: Why All the Hate for the Pittsburgh Pirates?
The Jackie Robinson biopic paints the Pittsburgh franchise as a laughingstock and a home to bigoted players—without much basis in historical fact. More »
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Henry D. Fetter is the author of Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball and has written widely about the business and politics of sports. More
The Jackie Robinson biopic paints the Pittsburgh franchise as a laughingstock and a home to bigoted players—without much basis in historical fact. More »
The team is poised to make good on its owner's big, money-making scheme—60 years later. More »
After the lockout, National Hockey League's pretend inclusivity is hard to stomach. More »
Take a good look at the real history of U.S. tennis before getting too nostalgic for its supposed "golden era." More »
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Obama's ratcheted up expectations by playing weak, just like Archie Moore did more than 50 years ago. More »
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The European Union crushed the U.S.—and BRICs just may be a threat in Rio 2016. More »
What makes this 40-year-old boxing movie so affecting? More »
The Mets and the Yankees evoke a bygone era as they play one another this weekend. But is the past really as ideal as baseball fans make it out to be? More »
How the economics of modern baseball killed the ultimate fan experience More »
The Red Sox's ballpark is hailed as a national landmark today, but 50 years ago it was almost torn down. More »
The Los Angeles faithful are thrilled that Magic Johnson and others have bought the team—but they should be wary of the franchise's complicated history. More »
Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz have reason to fear anti-"one percent" backlash—but they should be even more afraid of being judged by Yankee fans. More »
Both the dog show and the Millrose Games used to be held at New York's Madison Square Garden. This year, only one remains. More »
The NFL is more popular than baseball in all ways but one. More »
A look back at the New York Times sports section on New Year's Day of 1912, 1937, 1962, and 1987 More »
For a long time, the only way to catch a hometeam pro-football game was to listen to it. Thank goodness those days have passed. More »
St. Louis has long been the prototype of the successful small-market team More »
