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The Weirdest Two Minutes in Sports
How we misunderstand the Kentucky Derby.  
Tommy Craggs   May 05, 2006   Sports Nut  
Teams We Hate
Duke, USC, Cornell, and eight more odious schools in this year's NCAA Tournament.  
Tommy Craggs, Bryan Curtis, Mike DeBonis, Sam Eifling, Josh Levin, Chris Park, John Swansburg and Robert Weintraub   Mar 19, 2008   Sports Nut  
Dispatches From the World Cup
Watching the German soccer team in Europe's most luxurious brothel.  
Tommy Craggs, Charles Duhigg, Luke O'Brien and William Saletan   Jun 12, 2006   Dispatches  
Teams We Hate
Duke, Eastern Kentucky, and 11 other odious schools in this year's NCAA Tournament.  
Tommy Craggs, Bryan Curtis, Mike DeBonis, Daniel Engber, Rachael Larimore, Chris Park, Justin Peters, David Roth, Tom Scocca, Pete Segall and Robert Weintraub   Mar 14, 2007   Sports Nut  
Blue-Collar Bluebloods
The myth of the working-class racehorse.  
Tommy Craggs   Nov 03, 2005   Sports Nut  
Upper Cuts
Baseball's war on the cheap seats.  
Tommy Craggs   Apr 17, 2006   Sports Nut  
Baseball's Middle Age
The improbable ascendance of the middle reliever.  
Tommy Craggs   Oct 13, 2006   Sports Nut  
John Wooden
What the legendary coach gets wrong about basketball.  
Tommy Craggs   Dec 08, 2006   Sports Nut  
Rain Manning
The Colts' brilliant, nerdy, socially stunted quarterback.  
Tommy Craggs   Feb 01, 2007   Sports Nut  
Hammering on Hank
How the media abuse baseball's home run king.  
Tommy Craggs   Jul 20, 2007   Sports Nut  
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
UCLA's Kevin Love isn't who the basketball pundits want him to be.  
Tommy Craggs   Apr 04, 2008   Sports Nut  
Larry King's Imperfect Memory
How can you tell when the CNN host is telling the truth?  
Jack Shafer   May 21, 2009   Press Box  
Kobe Bryant's Juicy Bits
An in-depth analysis of the Lakers star's 81-point game.  
Tommy Craggs   Jan 25, 2006   Sports Nut  
Corrections     May 12, 2006   Corrections  
Dunks, Mom, and Apple Pie
The marketing genius of USA Basketball's "Redeem Team."  
Tommy Craggs   Aug 22, 2008   Five-Ring Circus  
King NBA
What's with the overpraise for pro basketball commissioner David Stern?  
Tommy Craggs   Feb 13, 2009   Sports Nut  
The Year of Magical Shooting
How Stephen Curry became a basketball folk hero.  
Tommy Craggs   Mar 12, 2009   Sports Nut  
Win, Place, and Dope
Why it matters that racehorses are on steroids.  
Daniel Engber   May 01, 2009   Recycled  
Stuff You Liked
Readers' favorite Slate stories from 2006.  
  Dec 28, 2006   Slate Fare  
Low-Carbon Diet
The merits of a global tax on CO2 output.  
Geoffrey Andersen   Feb 03, 2007   Fraywatch  
Under Pressure
Do men and women react differently to stress?  
Geoffrey Andersen   Feb 15, 2007   Fraywatch  
Let's Talk About Sex
A candid debate on today's "hook-up culture."  
Geoffrey Andersen   Feb 22, 2007   Fraywatch  
Why a Broken Leg Is Bad News for a Horse
Can't we all just sign Barbaro's cast?  
Daniel Engber   May 22, 2006   Explainer  
Did They Save Barbaro's Semen?
Why the champion racehorse will never be a dad.  
Melonyce McAfee   Jan 30, 2007   Explainer  
A Death Online
Marking the boundaries of loss.  
Geoffrey Andersen   Feb 27, 2007   Fraywatch  
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