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Stories by Robert Lipsyte

Are Gender-Segregated "Leagues of Their Own" Bad for Women?

A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that field of dreams everything it's cracked up to be?
Posted on Mar 28, 2008

Four Sports Scandals That Gave Bush Cover

... and a fifth scandal that should end his presidency.
Posted on Oct 13, 2007

Beyond Steroids: The Trouble With Baseball

In the Bambino, America found its prototype male athlete: the arrogant, self-absorbed rowdy whose excesses, commercial greed, and tunnel vision were justified by winning. The cock-jock has since become a business, entertainment, and political role model.
Posted on Jun 2, 2007

NASCAR Cost Republicans the 2006 Election

There's a curious link between the Democrats' victory on November 7 and the end of the NASCAR racing season.
Posted on Nov 20, 2006

America's Juiced-Up Jock Culture

From the recently disqualified Tour de France-winner Floyd Landis to home-run beefcake Barry Bonds, American atheletes have become overly obsessed with being freaks of physique.
Posted on Sep 22, 2006