Why We Love Sports Summer 2014

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Features
Why We Love Sports
Few things in life stir our passions like the games people play.
The Money Games
Professional sports have become vast global industries, billion-dollar enterprises and powerful cultural forces. Where does this leave their fans?
Irish Hysteria
A photo essay on women’s basketball.
Sometimes
‘Really? You’re a writer? You can make a living doing that?’
Lessons from America’s War for the Greater Middle East
For well over 30 years now, the United States military has been intensively engaged in various quarters of the Islamic world. An end to that involvement is nowhere in sight.
Trouble in the Air
A pediatrician suspects a connection between pollutants and human health in her community — and her stand becomes a lightening rod for controversy and conflict.
Artist at Work
Mark McMahon captures campus moments and monuments.