Sports
Sports
A Professional Skateboarder Comes Out
In 2016, Brian Anderson publicly revealed that he’s gay, becoming the most established athlete in his sport to do so.
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Self-Defense Training Post-Election
Members of a martial-arts academy demonstrate self-defense moves for our Health, Medicine, and the Body Issue.
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Fighting Cuba’s Boxing Ban
In Cuba, where women are banned from competitive boxing, a thirteen-year-old girl steps into the ring.
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The N.B.A.’s Great Impersonator
Brandon Armstrong hilariously mimics basketball’s biggest stars.
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The Man Without a Mask
How the drag queen Cassandro became a star of Mexican wrestling.
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The World’s Most Dangerous Sport
Children prepare for the most dangerous organized sport in the world: bull riding.
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Scaling a Wall with the World’s Most Talented Rock-Climber
A fourteen-year-old girl named Ashima Shiraishi is making rock-climbing history.
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A NASCAR Legend Retires
After twenty-three years, the Nascar great Jeff Gordon is retiring. His absence will be a tough hole to fill for fans like Carl Kemp—and for a sport that has already watched an era of unprecedented popularity slip away.
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Twilight at the Velodrome
New York was once the world capital of track cycling. Today, only one velodrome remains: the bumpy oval in Kissena Park, which is home to a summer racing series.
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Elizabeth Streb’s Action-Hero Choreography
Elizabeth Streb’s action heroes rehearse “Ascension.”
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A Surfer’s Saturday at Rockaway Beach
Who would have thought that New York has its own surfing community? It's in the Rockaways, and the Rockaway Beach Surf Club plays an integral role. On a recent Saturday, Brandon d'Leo, the club's co-owner, showed us around.