Culture

The Bicentennial Summer That Made Modern Sports

America spent 1976 looking backward. But beneath all the red, white and blue pageantry, sports were changing in ways that would define the next…

Jul 2 • Neil Paine

The End of White Jerseys at Home Goes Beyond Nike and the NBA

Basketball is the most obvious example, but the old visual language of home and road teams has been eroding across every major sport.

May 21 • Neil Paine

The Paradox of Sports Video Gaming

We all want more competition... but do we want what it takes to get it?

Feb 3 • Neil Paine

The Future (of Skateboarding) Is Female

A wave of teenage girl phenoms — led by Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell — is reshaping competitive skateboarding and pushing the sport’s age-curve sharply…

Nov 20, 2025 • Neil Paine

Tony Hawk, EA Skate and the Zombie Afterlife of Skateboarding Video Games

How the history of skating games shows us what happens when counterculture gets consumed and reanimated by corporations.

Sep 16, 2025 • Neil Paine

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