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Julie Kliegman

The New York Times

Simone Biles is finally free

Sports Illustrated

He was the 31st pick in the draft and a millionaire. Two years later, he walked.

Nickelodeon knows cartoons. Now it knows football and golf, too.

What athletes get from ayahuasca, mushrooms and ecstasy

“Mentally, that’s a whole ’nother ball game”: The pandemic and athletes’ minds

Why are these states targeting trans boys and men with their sports bans?

Mental toughness is both a meaningless term and a vital sports concept

Sarah Fuller’s journey from football kicker to mental health advocate

Lolo Jones’s eternal reinvention

Paddy Steinfort and the craft of mental performance coaching

Can WNBA players take down a U.S. senator?

The next cultural battle: States take aim at trans athletes

How come the NCAA hasn’t taken action against anti-trans sports laws?

Idaho banned trans athletes from women’s sports. She’s fighting back.

A compelling documentary examines the plight of trans athletes

The Washington Post

Book review: What it’s like to have faceblindness

Book review: Let’s talk about sex—and asexuality, too

Mathew Klickstein has made a career out of nostalgia. Now he’s satirizing our yearning for the past.

Slate

Nickelodeon’s #MeToo story was hiding in plain sight

Finding the funny in women’s sports

Brittney Griner didn’t owe us anything

Bookforum

More than a game: Renée Richards’s historic U.S. Open matches

The Ringer

Marc Summers and the never-ending obstacle course

Nothing and everything has changed for the USWNT

What’s next for the USWNT and their equal pay lawsuit?

The state of mental health care in the NBA

College athletes are only starting to get access to the mental health care they need

The future of abortion on TV

Pitch isn’t just a fantasy

A quiet revolution on BoJack Horseman

Texas Monthly

Can this Alaskan bring Olympic gold back to Texas?

Vulture

Sex Education makes an asexual mess

2015: The year mental illness finally got some respect on TV

Inside Hook

The messy business of being Marc Summers

BuzzFeed

When you’re an asexual assault survivor, it’s even harder to be heard

Them

Here’s how a roller derby team is fighting a trans sports ban in their county

Track star CeCé Telfer says she’s trying to “heal” from the pain of trans sports bans

How zines paved the way for asexual recognition

Bitch Media

Dethroning romance: Angela Chen archives the evolution of asexuality

The Verge

Online dating isn’t easy—especially when you’re asexual

Washington Monthly

Combating mental health stigma: Behind the fight for better research