Coco Gauff's game is coming in to focus.

Dispatches from the intersection of queer sports and pop culture.

A new home for journalist Ben Rothenberg's reporting, insights, and opinions on the world of professional tennis. Click to read Bounces, by Ben Rothenberg, a Substack publication with tens of thousand...

Taking you deep into the NBA via discussions with Zach's friends who cover the league and interviews with some of the biggest names in basketball.

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...

Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton have a chance to break a daunting 30-year drought.

As Lauren Theisen pointed out last month, the ongoing, abstracted debate about trans inclusion in sports uses almost no proper nouns and lots of hypotheticals. Back in the late 1970s, there was a very...

If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...

Podcast Episode · Good Game with Sarah Spain · August 25 · 30m

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

Sachia Vickery and what the growing presence of OnlyFans means for the world of pro tennis.

Induct Ora Washington into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...

Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport [Allen, Gabriel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport

Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport [Allen, Gabriel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport

Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport [Allen, Gabriel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport

Acclaimed authors Matthew Futterman & Julie Kliegman join our hosts for a book chat on tennis, from its major icons to its modern trials.

Perfect for fans of Moneyball and The Book of Basketball, this vivid, thoroughly entertaining, and well-researched book explores the NBA’s surge in...

Interview with author Gabriel Allen on the inspiration behind his book, tennis origins, and tennis traditions.

This past Sunday, Alexander Zverev won his first major title. On the surface, the 29-year-old’s Roland-Garros victory is the story of a player who, after roughly a decade of high expectations, accompl...

This book by Gabriel Allen examines the forces — cultural, racial, and structural — that have shaped tennis from its earliest days. It’s a p...

Akasha Urhobo, 19, is ready to disrupt the WTA game by bringing back the net play. She also joins a wave of teenagers eager to already make their mark.

Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.

Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport [Allen, Gabriel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tennis Tensions: Class, Race and Gender in the Evolution of the Sport

The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until ...

Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon (1930)