Multisport athletes like Mount Vernon's Chloe Meester, her delivering a kill shot against Western Christian during the Class 5A state volleyball championship match at Xtream Arena in Coralville, are ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. While growing up in New Jersey, Greg ...

Sports are one of the few spaces in American society genuinely guided by ideas of fairness and meritocracy. But AAU basketball, with its pay-to-play leagues and corporate sponsorships, is ruining this ...

Our sole house phone rang. It was my friend Greg, “Turn on ESPN. Now. You still have those old Sports Illustrated for Kids mags, right?” I flipped through channels and caught the tail end of a segment ...