Natalie Weiner Aug 26, 2022. 6 minute read
The Toxic Mythology of the Post-‘Friday Night Lights’ Sports Doc
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. You know the shot. Maybe you’ve even tried to replicate…
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Natalie Weiner Aug 19, 2022. 2 minute read
Banning Trans Kids from Sports Hurts Everyone
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. “This is the inevitable — INEVITABLE — outcome of anti-trans…
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Natalie Weiner Aug 5, 2022. 3 minute read
Sports, Tradition and Climate Change
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. ESPN just published a feature on “reimagining the college football…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 29, 2022. 4 minute read
LIV Golf and Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. I should probably begin this column by acknowledging I know…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 22, 2022. 3 minute read
Make Women’s Sports Easy To Watch and People Will Watch Them
It happened to me: I went to a sports bar and asked them to change the channel away from a women’s sporting event. I know! A betrayal of the movement and everything it stands for — but, I think, for a good cause. I was trying to watch the WNBA…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 15, 2022. 6 minute read
The WNBA and the Paradox Of The ‘Progressive’ Sports League
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Is the WNBA progressive? The league has created a “new…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 8, 2022. 4 minute read
What Makes A WNBA Star?
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. When it comes to the question of individual starpower, the…
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Natalie Weiner Jul 1, 2022. 3 minute read
The Sports World Needs To Acknowledge Climate Change
UCLA and USC are planning on joining the Big Ten, according to a timeline-busting report yesterday. That news obviously has a huge ripple effect — namely, the disintegration of one of college sports’ oldest and most powerful conferences and a complete reshaping of the college sports landscape. As The Athletic’s…
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Natalie Weiner Jun 24, 2022. 4 minute read
Sports, Rights, and Bodies As Battlegrounds: Roe v. Wade and Title IX
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. 50 years ago this week, a series of civil rights…
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Natalie Weiner Jun 17, 2022. 4 minute read
College Athlete Unions May Be Coming Sooner Than We Thought
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Victor Matheson, who literally co-wrote the book on sports economics (see: The Economics…
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Natalie Weiner Jun 10, 2022. 6 minute read
How New Stadiums Sabotage Communities, With Sports Economist Victor Matheson
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Stadium and arena financing don’t typically get much play in this column because…
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Natalie Weiner Jun 3, 2022. 3 minute read
The W.N.B.A. Is Finally Changing Its Tune On Expansion
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. For the first time in over a decade, the W.N.B.A. is making a…
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Natalie Weiner May 27, 2022. 3 minute read
Softball Is Proof Of Sports Investors’ Terrible Logic
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. When you’re a fan of women’s sports, it’s very hard…
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Natalie Weiner May 20, 2022. 3 minute read
What U.S. Soccer Finally Awarding Equal Pay To Its Women’s Team Means For Women’s Sports
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. This week, the women’s sports world got a rare dose…
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Natalie Weiner May 13, 2022. 5 minute read
Oh Please, The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue isn’t “Empowering” Women Athletes
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated announced one spread in its 2022 swimsuit issue…
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Natalie Weiner May 6, 2022. 3 minute read
The NWSL is Offering the WNBA a Model for Expansion and Investment
“The environment is there, the business community is showing up, the fans are showing up, the players are excited and engaged,” NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman said at the espnW Summit in New York this week when asked about league expansion. “The time is now.” Compare that to what WNBA commissioner…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 29, 2022. 3 minute read
Mark Emmert’s ‘Departure’ Should Be The NCAA’s Death Knell
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. A year after signing a contract extension that few could…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 22, 2022. 3 minute read
How Do You Solve A Problem Like W.N.B.A. Scheduling?
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. We’re coming up on the first games of the season for the United…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 8, 2022. 2 minute read
Brian Flores’ Suit Is Airing the NFL’s Dirty Laundry
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. The NFL has not found a way to quash now-Steelers…
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Natalie Weiner Apr 1, 2022. 3 minute read
Women’s Sports T.V. Ratings News Can Be As Good Or Bad As Anyone Wants To Make It
The story of women’s college basketball broadcasts over the past decade (and also, always) is as follows. Twenty years ago, ESPN bought the rights to every single NCAA championship besides men’s basketball in a creatively named package called “Other Championships.” Everything from women’s basketball to rowing to whatever else was…
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