The Modern Spectator

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.
https://t.co/ILmpVRPrUc

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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.
https://t.co/KIAJA9GHRi

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Dear Readers,

We’re happy to announce that the long-awaited Fall issue of The Modern Spectator is here. https://t.co/KIAJA9GHRi

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: https://t.co/PQFwDP5VSY

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Also, please stay tuned for our September issue with further intellectual insights and literate musings from modern modern spectators.
https://t.co/KIAJA9GHRi

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Please read @NoahCohan on the return of MLB and of sports, in general: https://t.co/PQFwDP5VSY

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@NoahCohan We'd be happy to publish them: just email modspectator [at] gmail dot com

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@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: https://t.co/2mmewzW4Y3

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And stick around as @MattNickoless wonders whether drug-crazed women are ruining sports (2/2): https://t.co/WmCTmVKDuA

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SUMMER READING SPECTACULAR!
The ultimate beach read! Austin Kelley on his adventures buying used surfboards (1/2):
https://t.co/do9CIO9dV1

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NEW! A short reflection on the "sadness" of Tiger Woods's arrest and singing the national anthem backwards. https://t.co/6qVM2ru0Qn

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NEW! @mattnickoless wonders if Tim Tebow's baseball career is a publicity student or an attempt to save his soul? https://t.co/08pjOSKy46

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Read @jackiereitzes on the Atlanta Braves' new stadium that moves away from Atlanta geographically and culturally: https://t.co/PJWFggVHFG

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NEW at TMS!
Read Austin Kelley on Conan the Barbarian, preschool applications, and anticlimactic sports movies: https://t.co/fj9rYymg6F

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NEW! @MattNickoless on Brent Musburger's retirement & fan sensitivity to perceived bias in sports announcers. https://t.co/n2Aj9pJvJ4

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NEW! Read @NoahCohan on how former NBA coach George Karl's angry autobio seems well suited to our historical moment. https://t.co/rXlGq6QYVA

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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:
https://t.co/XwbRmVuUdg

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I taught @RoyScranton 's Learning to Die in the Anthropocene the week the Cubs won, and wrote about some parallels https://t.co/TFycOOVIvO

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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: https://t.co/1E9W6nyqNl