Outstanding athleticism from last year.
Sport
Madison Keys is the 2025 Australian Open Women’s Singles champion
Keys open doors, as my old head of year used to say.
Extreme E is dead. Long live Extreme... H?
Making me watch this is gonna be a hard cell.
The top 10 posts of 2024
What were the most viewed articles of 4
For JSTOR Daily, Livia Gershon looked back at “The Rumble in the Jungle”, the World Heavyweight Championship match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali held in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo): The 1974 Rumble in the Jungle was freighted with symbolism regarding American racial politics and the pan-African struggle in the context of the Cold War.
JSTOR Daily on sports and how it changed glaciology
Who knew the Alps would contribute so much to sports in the UK (theoretically)?
Incredible pool clearance by 9 year old Teddy White in a game of English 8-ball pool. The kids are alright (at cue sports).
Glorious on the female and non-binary photographers ‘changing the way we see sport’: We all know those iconic sports photos—the triumphant victory, the crushing defeat. But there’s a whole world of sports photography out there, and many of its most exciting voices are female and non-binary.
Aliza Rudavsky on how breakdancers avoid breaking their necks
In the words of Wu-Tang Clan, protect ya neck!
Taisiia Onofriichuk’s Olympic rhythmic gymnastic performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was sensational for multiple reasons. I’m surprised that the Olympics, Eurosport or BBC haven’t covered this yet.
Today I discovered 'Spikeball'
Can you keep a rally going?
'Futsal Meets Skateboarding' in this New Balance commercial
‘A lifestyle-inspired, performance-driven, hybrid futsal and skate shoe.’
Roger Federer vs. Pineapple, a 7-year old prodigy
Roger’s affinity to China and racquet sports continues!

Now you can watch The Player (1971) in 35mm 4K, a previously lost feature film starring Minnesota Fats
‘FINALLY! the greatest pool hustler in the greatest pool movie.’