Your favorite team can stir your soul or break your heart. With the Mets—New York’s perennial baseball underdogs—in the playoffs, many New Yorkers are walking around with their sports-loving hearts on their sleeves. Sports lovers and New Yorkers Nicholas Dawidoff and Adam Gopnik join Amelia Lester and David Haglund to discuss why we love the teams we love.
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When New York Made Baseball and Baseball Made New York
The rise of the sport as we know it was centered in Gotham, where big stadiums, heroic characters, and epic sportswriting once produced a pastime that bound a city together.
By Adam Gopnik
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Klaas Verplancke’s “On the Grid”
The artist blends the preferred pastimes and stylish attire of New York’s commuters.
By Françoise Mouly
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Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The N.B.A.’s Rule-Book Problem
Officiating in the league is probably as good as it’s ever been. So why does everyone seem so angry about it?
By Louisa Thomas