The Modern Spectator is a literary sports journal. It takes a broad look at our culture by focusing on the games we watch and play.

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Please read @ColmOShea10's review of "The Surrounding Game" for a look at how homeschooling kids during a pandemic and watching a documentary about an ancient board game lead to a consideration of education and meaning. modernspectator.com/2021/11/…

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The Summer Issue of TMS is here! Read Tom Jacobs' brilliant essay on sports memorabilia and religious ritual. Check out an essay by @MattNickoless about robot referees. Read fiction from Austin Kelley featuring soccer, baseball, and water sports. modernspectator.com/

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Dear Readers, We’re happy to announce that the long-awaited Fall issue of The Modern Spectator is here. modernspectator.com/ We have contributions from @NoahCohan, @NicoleLooped, Brian Schwartz, and Austin Kelley.

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Please read @NoahCohan on the return of MLB and of sports, in general: modernspectator.com/2020/07/…

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Please read @NoahCohan on the return of MLB and of sports, in general: modernspectator.com/2020/07/…

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Also, please stay tuned for our September issue with further intellectual insights and literate musings from modern modern spectators. modernspectator.com/

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Replying to @NoahCohan
We'd be happy to publish them: just email modspectator [at] gmail dot com
Replying to @NoahCohan
Oh, and if you fancy yourself a person with sports-thoughts or sports-ideas an our sports-culture, please send them our way.
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Dear All, Please read @NoahCohan on this past week's NFL player protests: modernspectator.com/2017/09/…

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And stick around as @MattNickoless wonders whether drug-crazed women are ruining sports (2/2): modernspectator.com/2017/08/…

SUMMER READING SPECTACULAR! The ultimate beach read! Austin Kelley on his adventures buying used surfboards (1/2): wp.me/p7cKMJ-1mD

NEW! A short reflection on the "sadness" of Tiger Woods's arrest and singing the national anthem backwards. modernspectator.com/2017/06/…

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NEW! @mattnickoless wonders if Tim Tebow's baseball career is a publicity student or an attempt to save his soul? modernspectator.com/2017/05/…

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Read @jackiereitzes on the Atlanta Braves' new stadium that moves away from Atlanta geographically and culturally: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1lV

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NEW at TMS! Read Austin Kelley on Conan the Barbarian, preschool applications, and anticlimactic sports movies: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1lm

NEW! @MattNickoless on Brent Musburger's retirement & fan sensitivity to perceived bias in sports announcers. wp.me/p7cKMJ-1l0

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NEW! Read @NoahCohan on how former NBA coach George Karl's angry autobio seems well suited to our historical moment. wp.me/p7cKMJ-1kz

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We awake from our long winter nap to offer the story of the forward pass--what once saved football now threatens it: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1k3

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I taught @RoyScranton 's Learning to Die in the Anthropocene the week the Cubs won, and wrote about some parallels x.com/modspectator/status/79…

Please read @M_BobRyan on the Cubs World Series win & what to do now about watching baseball & living in the world: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1jB
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Please read @M_BobRyan on the Cubs World Series win & what to do now about watching baseball & living in the world: wp.me/p7cKMJ-1jB

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