In tennis, smashing a racket can be an easy way to vent your frustrations, but it also comes with consequences.
Sports
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A Kingdom for a Horse: Kokpar and the Future of Kazakhstan
“[N]owhere in this region is the contrast between the contemporary and the ancient higher than in Kazakhstan. And nowhere is the interplay between the two more starkly embodied than in professional Kazakh kokpar.”
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Nick Kyrgios, the Reluctant Rising Star of Tennis
Twenty-two-year-old Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is ranked 20th in the world and has beat tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic on the court. He’s also flagrantly tried to lose matches on purpose out of frustration, argued with umpires, and berated ball kids. The tennis world is waiting for Kyrgios to mature, […]
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Serena Williams’s Love Match
How the greatest tennis player of all time met an internet entrepreneur, fell in love, got pregnant, and won a grand-slam.
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The Fading Relevance of the NBA Draft
Building a contender the old-fashioned way takes a patience few teams are willing to endure.
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‘America’s Deaf Team’ Tackles Identity Politics
In order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?
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Fighting With Their Fists to Put a Period in a Basket
“Hockey has no reason for being. Rather, hockey’s one of those things that give reason to being.”
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Pro-Wrestling Fans Are Experts on Authenticity
What if the WWF became an entertainment juggernaut not despite its artificiality, but because of it?
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The (Re)selling of Maria Sharapova
On the longevity of Maria Sharapova, who has built a brand beyond the bounds of her tennis stardom that has made her incredibly wealthy, but still striving for more.
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The Swan (Mascot) that Would Not Be Tamed
The story of a football team’s mascot, the man inside the costume, and the town that rallied around its local hero.