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This summer, LQ heads to the racetrack, ball field, roulette wheel, and the chessboard in our second issue of the year, "Sports & Games." In the issue, Philip Roth recounts the original spitball, Damon Runyon gets in on the action, Herman Melville catches a wave, Commodore Perry enjoys a sumo match, Marco Polo goes hunting with Genghis Kahn, and Lewis Carroll plays a very confusing game of croquet.

Also included are charts and graphs which detail the longest races in the world, the slick economics of Yankee Stadium, and the winners of the World Beard and Moustache Championships, plus new essays including Sports Illustrated editor Terry McDonell on Alex Rodriguez, Jay Griffiths on the joys of skating, and John Crowley on Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. And in honor of the World Cup, the website will feature new blogs with historical insight into the world of soccer, on par (hopefully) with the classic match featured below.

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