The Modern Spectator is a literary sports journal. It takes a broad look at our culture by focusing on the games we watch and play.
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Please read @ColmOShea10's review of "The Surrounding Game" for a look at how homeschooling kids during a pandemic and watching a documentary about an ancient board game lead to a consideration of education and meaning.
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The Summer Issue of TMS is here!
Read Tom Jacobs' brilliant essay on sports memorabilia and religious ritual.
Check out an essay by @MattNickoless about robot referees.
Read fiction from Austin Kelley featuring soccer, baseball, and water sports.
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Dear Readers,
We’re happy to announce that the long-awaited Fall issue of The Modern Spectator is here. modernspectator.com/
We have contributions from @NoahCohan, @NicoleLooped, Brian Schwartz, and Austin Kelley.
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Please read @NoahCohan on the return of MLB and of sports, in general: modernspectator.com/2020/07/…
Please read @NoahCohan on the return of MLB and of sports, in general: modernspectator.com/2020/07/…
Also, please stay tuned for our September issue with further intellectual insights and literate musings from modern modern spectators.
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Oh, and if you fancy yourself a person with sports-thoughts or sports-ideas an our sports-culture, please send them our way.
Dear All,
Please read @NoahCohan on this past week's NFL player protests: modernspectator.com/2017/09/…
And stick around as @MattNickoless wonders whether drug-crazed women are ruining sports (2/2): modernspectator.com/2017/08/…
SUMMER READING SPECTACULAR!
The ultimate beach read! Austin Kelley on his adventures buying used surfboards (1/2):
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NEW! A short reflection on the "sadness" of Tiger Woods's arrest and singing the national anthem backwards. modernspectator.com/2017/06/…
NEW! @mattnickoless wonders if Tim Tebow's baseball career is a publicity student or an attempt to save his soul? modernspectator.com/2017/05/…
Read @jackiereitzes on the Atlanta Braves' new stadium that moves away from Atlanta geographically and culturally: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1lV
NEW at TMS!
Read Austin Kelley on Conan the Barbarian, preschool applications, and anticlimactic sports movies: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1lm
NEW! @MattNickoless on Brent Musburger's retirement & fan sensitivity to perceived bias in sports announcers. wp.me/p7cKMJ-1l0
NEW! Read @NoahCohan on how former NBA coach George Karl's angry autobio seems well suited to our historical moment. wp.me/p7cKMJ-1kz
We awake from our long winter nap to offer the story of the forward pass--what once saved football now threatens it:
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Please read @M_BobRyan on the Cubs World Series win & what to do now about watching baseball & living in the world: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1jB
Please read @M_BobRyan on the Cubs World Series win & what to do now about watching baseball & living in the world: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1jB