Robert Lipsyte

Pete Rose and Donald Trump Are the Dregs of American Maleness

June 16, 2025 BY Robert Lipsyte

Sports Can Distract Us (But Not Enough)

May 7, 2025 BY Robert Lipsyte

How to Bump, Lump, Crumple, and Eventually Dump Donald Trump

February 14, 2025 BY Robert Lipsyte

Growing Old in the Age (And That’s the Appropriate Word!) of Trump

October 7, 2024 BY Robert Lipsyte

Heartbroken by Israel

February 27, 2024 BY Robert Lipsyte

Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department (Or is it Good Riddance?)

November 24, 2023 BY Robert Lipsyte

Life on the Run: Jim Brown’s Complex Legacy

June 23, 2023 BY Robert Lipsyte

The Super Bowl After the Big Hit

February 10, 2023 BY Robert Lipsyte

The Home Run and the Bomb

October 20, 2022 BY Robert Lipsyte

How the Saudis are Trying to Hijack Golf…With Trump’s Help

August 19, 2022 BY Robert Lipsyte

A Country Armed to the Teeth

June 13, 2022 BY Robert Lipsyte

Where are the Men? No More Bystander Boys in the Post-Roe Era

May 20, 2022 BY Robert Lipsyte

Why Muhammad Ali is the Last American Hero

January 28, 2022 BY Robert Lipsyte

How the Age of Trump Has Changed Fandom

December 9, 2021 BY Robert Lipsyte

Was Billie Jean King in Every Sense the Athlete of the 20th Century?

May 28, 2021 BY Robert Lipsyte

Rush, Roger, Rupert, and The Donald May Ride Forever

March 9, 2021 BY Robert Lipsyte

The Super Bowl Ends the Most Toxic Season Ever

February 5, 2021 BY Robert Lipsyte

Taking the Next Knee: Is the Athlete Revolt Real and is It a Danger to Trump?

September 18, 2020 BY Robert Lipsyte

Remembering “Ball Four,” So We Can Forget You-Know-Who

June 18, 2020 BY Robert Lipsyte

The Super Bowl Presidency

January 31, 2020 BY Robert Lipsyte

The Six Ways Football Groomed Us for President Trump

December 16, 2019 BY Robert Lipsyte

Jockpocalypse: From the Ballpark to Team Trump

June 27, 2019 BY Robert Lipsyte

How Frats, Teams, and Gangs Divide, Conquer, and Now Judge America

October 25, 2018 BY Robert Lipsyte

Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl

February 3, 2012 BY Robert Lipsyte

Why the NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Canceling the Upcoming Season

May 10, 2011 BY Robert Lipsyte