Why Student Athletes Continue to Fail

The Problem’s Not the NCAA. It’s Players’ Expectations of Their Peers.

Seventy-four college underclassmen have been declared eligible for the NFL’s upcoming draft, but Ohio State’s quarterback Cardale Jones won’t be among them. A few days after winning the national championship game in January, Jones shocked fans and football analysts by saying he wasn’t ready to go pro, that it was important for him to graduate from college first. What made the announcement all the more surprising, beyond the fact that Jones may never again be as desirable an NFL prospect as he is the year he won a national championship, …

by Daniel Oppenheimer | April 28, 2015

MacArthur Park’s Still Waters Run Deep

Photos That Capture the Fútbol, Fishing, and Mystery of L.A.’s Historic Patch of Green

April 17, 2015

by Steve Hymon

At 5:15 a.m. on a recent Saturday in early April, light was just beginning to creep up from the horizon at MacArthur Park, in the urban …

Why I Quit High School Football

I’d Waited My Whole Life to Play, But the Hits and the Pain Outweighed My Desire for Glory

by Rian Bosse | April 14, 2015

I wore football pads, real pads, like the pros wear, for the first time when I was 12 years old, walking out onto the practice field at the start of …

Who Wants to Build a Football Stadium We Could Nickname ‘The Rain Barrel’?

In Exactly Four Years From Today, L.A.'s Thirst for Water and the NFL Could Be Quenched

by Joe Mathews | April 1, 2015

Could a new pro football stadium help California beat its drought?

That’s the ambitious goal of the latest stadium proposal to appear in Los Angeles. The project—details of which are …

A Mom’s Descent into March Madness

My Son’s Trip to the Final Four Threw Me—and My Fellow UCLA Parents—Into a Crazy Cross-Country Basketball Odyssey

by Catherine Keefe | March 26, 2015

There’s nothing cool about me.

I’m a 6-foot tall gangly writer who likes to visit museums on vacation. I don’t snowboard, or run extreme triathlons, and I rarely know when …

Your March Madness Office Pools Should All Be Legal

The U.S. Government Doesn’t See It That Way, But Everyone Could Benefit from the $9 Billion Dollars Americans Wager on College Hoops

by Jim Pagels | March 21, 2015

Roughly 40 million Americans are expected to fill out a total of 70 million brackets and bet $9 billion on March Madness this month, according to data from the American …

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Why Student Athletes Continue to Fail

The Problem’s Not the NCAA. It’s Players’ Expectations of Their Peers.

MacArthur Park’s Still Waters Run Deep

Photos That Capture the Fútbol, Fishing, and Mystery of L.A.’s Historic Patch of Green

Why I Quit High School Football

I’d Waited My Whole Life to Play, But the Hits and the Pain Outweighed My Desire for Glory

Who Wants to Build a Football Stadium We Could Nickname ‘The Rain Barrel’?

In Exactly Four Years From Today, L.A.'s Thirst for Water and the NFL Could Be Quenched

A Mom’s Descent into March Madness

My Son’s Trip to the Final Four Threw Me—and My Fellow UCLA Parents—Into a Crazy Cross-Country Basketball Odyssey

Your March Madness Office Pools Should All Be Legal

The U.S. Government Doesn’t See It That Way, But Everyone Could Benefit from the $9 Billion Dollars Americans Wager on College Hoops

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How Native Americans Made Basketball Their Own

In the Early 1900s, the Sport Offered a Rare Physical and Mental Refuge From Oppressive ‘Indian Schools’—and the Chance to Develop Distinctive Identities

What Women Athletes Won When Title IX Became Law

This Landmark Legislation Has Evened the Playing Field for 49 Years—In Fits and Starts

How South L.A.’s Santee Education Complex’s Graduation Rate Jumped Nearly 60 Percent in 11 Years

Two Assistant Principals Learned Their High School Didn’t Need a Special Status to Be Academically Rigorous and Locally Respected

How the NFL and American Politicians Politicized (and Helped Merchandise) Pro Football

In the ’60s and ’70s, Gridiron Fans Like Richard Nixon and Bobby Kennedy Embraced the Sport That Wanted Their Attention

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