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Married at Home Plate and Missing the Dodgers

Like 70 Percent of Southern Californians, I’m Being Denied My Dodger Telecasts. I’m Taking It Personally.

Newly engaged, I was on a plane to baseball spring training when I picked up my very first bridal magazine. Inside, I came across the news (to me) that Dodger Stadium hosted wedding receptions on days when the team wasn’t playing, and I knew right then. There was no way he was saying no to this venue.

Brendan and I got married at home plate nine years ago this summer, with family and friends standing on the dirt track between the dugouts (the Dodgers were finicky about letting people walk on …

by Charitie McArthur |

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Tired of Europeans Scolding the U.S. For Our Inequality? Talk German Soccer.

The NFL Is a Socialist Paradise Compared to the Soccer Leagues of Europe

by Andrés Martinez |

Don’t let Europeans self-righteously lecture you about inequality in America—especially not Germans. If you compare the American and German professional “football” leagues each society considers truly important, you quickly arrive …

Could Dutch-Style Soccer Unclog L.A.’s Freeways?

I Think It's a Possibility. But It's Not the Only Reason Why I’m Teaching the Game to Young Angelenos.

by Bas Beukema |

As a young boy, I spent every free moment playing soccer. Except for the obligatory going to school and eating meals, my free time was spent juggling a ball between …

Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame?

Baseball’s Steroid Era Is Over. Now We Have to Figure Out Its Legacy.

by Sarah Rothbard |

Major League Baseball’s “Steroid Era” of the 1990s is over, but what should we make of the athletes who played during that time and the records they set? And, how …

How to Steal Spring Training

A Simple Plan to Bring California’s Baseball Teams Back Where They Belong

by Joe Mathews |

As Major League Baseball teams practice for the opening of a new season, some fans dream of home runs from an up-and-coming star. Others pine for strikeouts by their team’s …

Could We Have Kept A-Rod Off Drugs?

Maybe Not, But We Can Certainly Keep the Next Generation of Baseball Stars Clean

For decades, major league baseball players have been doing drugs of various sorts to improve their performance: amphetamines that got players amped up for games and through the long season …


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