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Drunk fans are passing out at Lambeau Field. Trauma is contagious.
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The soccer handball rule is confusing, but, Austin Kelley argues, intention and guilt are concepts that have been vexed in our culture for a long time, long before Freud seized on the tale of Oedipus, who accidentally-on-purpose killed his father, to explain the accidental-on-purpose human condition. Originally published 2016.
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Austin Kelley on the Ravens, a team named after a depressive shut-in spooked by a bird, and the 49ers, haunted by genocide. Originally published 2013.
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Austin Kelley investigates the strange allure of the biathlon. Originally published 2014.
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In a pandemic, none of this matters. But maybe a pandemic is the best time to reconsider what we understand about sports and sports fandom precisely because it doesn’t matter
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The growing appeal of the WNBA
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Austin Kelley watches “Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait,” an avant-garde film which follows midfielder Zinédine Zidane –- and only Zidane — through an entire match. Originally published 2006.
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If there were one way to beat the Seattle Sports Choke™, I figured it would be a self-sacrificial reverse jinx. Not that I believe in those things. Except that I do, and it worked.
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I’m on the lookout for hot new diagnoses as the season approaches. One never knows what epidemic will plague the NFL. Plantar fasciitis? Chronic blisters? Achilles heel?
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To text or not to text. Is that the question?
