After weeks of the concussion and hazing and abuse stories, a ballplayer’s speech reminds Michael Kasdan of the good in sports and – more importantly – the good in our boys who are rapidly becoming men.
Sports Explained: How To Play Football, As Illustrated By a Classic Cartoon
What better way to learn how to play football, then to watch Swivel Hips Smith and Taxidermy Tech take on arch-rival, Anthropology A&M?
How Many More Sayrevilles?
A Nation of Sayrevilles indeed. Michael Kasdan digests the latest high school locker room hazing and abuse incident, this one in Doylestown, PA.
The Tigers Are Going to the World Series!! In Japan, That Is.
As our World Series begins, so does another on the other side of the world. Mike Kasdan shares his baseball memories from The Land of the Rising Sun.
Dress Code Wars: Stop Telling Boys They’re Distracted
Michael Kasdan reports on his town’s recent progress on dress code in schools and why that matters for boys.
Ara Parseghian: On Greatness
The legendary Notre Dame coach, defining leadership.
Sports Explained: The Complex Simplicity of Baseball
The opening piece in our new weekly humor series, Sports Explained. A well-traveled anonymous blogger’s take on the ‘ins and outs’ of baseball.
Blake Griffin Uncut: What It Was Like Playing For a Rich Racist Owner
NBA superstar Blake Griffin is now writing for The Players Tribune. His topic of choice: Donald Sterling. His view: ‘Some people are so poor all they have is their money.’
What’s Unusual About Sayreville’s Locker Room Sexual Assaults? Nothing.
Michael Kasdan explores what this rape-by-hazing says about boys and masculinity . . . and ourselves.
World Series Dreaming In Kansas City and Baltimore: Talkin’ Baseball
One of either the Orioles or the Royals is going to The World Series. We asked their long-suffering fans to share just how that makes them feel.
Aziz Ansari Is a Feminist Because He Believes In Equal Rights (And That’s How Words Work)
Comedian, Aziz Ansari, of Parks & Recreation fame, has his Emma Watson moment. And he nails it.
Psst, Baltimore Ravens: It Just Might be Time to Stop Selling Those Pink Ray Rice ‘NFL Sweetheart’ Jerseys
For the love of God, are they really still selling these?! (Yes. Yes they are.)
The End of Football For Men and Boys? Readers and Experts Discuss Where We Go From Here.
We want to know what you think.
First Article on Derek Jeter’s New Site: Quarterback, Recovering Bully and Senior Editor Russell Wilson Pulls Back The Curtain
There’s some new competition in the world of sports writing, in the form of Derek Jeter, Russell Wilson and crew. Here’s why The Players Tribune is a relevant and welcome addition to the conversation.
The NFL’s Concussion Problem Just Got A Lot Worse
Michael Kasdan discusses the breaking evidence showing that the extent of football’s link to brain trauma is serious and far worse than expected.
Dan O’Brien: On Greatness
Former Olympic Decathlete, Dan O’Brien, on the spirit and power of Sports.