The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), by Thomas Eakins, 1871. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund and George D. Pratt Gift, 1934.

Sports & Games

Volume III, Number 3 | summer 2010

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Field of Dreams

By Lewis H. Lapham

Play is the making of civilization—how one plays the game more to the point than whether the game is won or lost.

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The Comeback Kid

By Terry McDonell

The marvelous and true tale of Alex Rodriguez seemed an unlikely prospect for the role of the Comeback Kid.

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Map

Playing Grounds

On the track, in the ring, around the table, and at the target.

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1834 | Oklahoma

Watching Lacrosse

George Catlin describes a Choctaw game.More

c. 1891 | Kashmir

Cow Skin

Soccer, empire, and morality in Kashmir.More

c. 500 | Wallingford

Staging a Tournament

Chrétien de Troyes on jousting for King Arthur.More

Charts & Graphs

Venture Capital

Historical wagers and their winners.

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American baseball player Yogi Berra.

Sepia toned photograph of Lewis Carroll in a suit, reading a book

Sculpture bust of Greek historian Herodotus.

The gods play games with men as balls.

—Plautus, c. 200 BC

Bacchylides & Johan Huizinga

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