Summer 2024 · Issue 31
Sports and Power

The deeper meaning of the games we play
In this issue

Editor’s Note
Jonathan Tepperman

Interview This is the greatest day: Christine Brennan on sports, power, and Caitlin Clark
David Kagan
The groundbreaking journalist explains how power is shifting in women’s sports

Female athletes and the fight for fairness
Shira Springer
For too long, control over women’s sports has rested with male leaders. Here’s how women are winning it back.

Power games
Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova
Watching how countries host the Olympics reveals deeper truths about the global battle between democracies and autocracies.

Interview Everything has to work together: A conversation with Cliff Harris and Drew Pearson
David Moore
Two legendary Dallas Cowboys talk about race relations in the locker room and how once they took the field, the only thing that mattered was winning.

Sports and the American spirit
David J. Kramer
How athletes give back – and how the games they play make us stronger as a nation.

Soccer and the idea of Ukraine
Igor Khrestin
The story of two games that helped define the author’s homeland.

Interview The importance of slowing down: A conversation with Summer Sanders
Anne Wicks
The former Olympian on how to survive success, face your fears, and meet your kids where they are.

How sports bring people together
Kevin Sullivan
The very rich life of an avid lifelong fan.

Leadership lessons
Jason Galui, Lieutenant Colonel, USA (Ret.)
Many years spent playing hockey as a goalie helped prepare the author for a career in the Army.