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Robert Lipsyte

Robert Lipsyte is a TomDispatch regular and a former sports and city columnist for the New York Times. He is the author, among other works, of SportsWorld: An American Dreamland.

Why Damar Hamlin Didn’t Die for Our Sins

The Super Bowl After the Big Hit

By Robert Lipsyte On February 9, 2023On February 10, 2023

Home Runs First

How the Four-Bagger Leads to the Real Thing

By Robert Lipsyte On October 18, 2022On October 20, 2022

Being Anything But a Good Sport in Saudi Arabia

Even Trump Has a Hand in the Attempted Hijacking of Golf

By Robert Lipsyte On August 18, 2022On August 18, 2022

A Country Armed to the Teeth

And Strutting Toward the Apocalypse

By Robert Lipsyte On June 12, 2022On June 12, 2022

Where Are the Men?

No More Bystander Boys in the Post-Roe Era

By Robert Lipsyte On May 19, 2022On May 19, 2022

Why Is Ali the Last American Hero?

Who Else Is There?

By Robert Lipsyte On January 27, 2022On January 27, 2022

Flaming the Fans

How the Age of Trump Has Changed Fandom

By Robert Lipsyte On December 7, 2021On December 8, 2021

Billie Jean King, Foremother

And Still in the Game

By Robert Lipsyte On May 27, 2021On May 27, 2021

Rush, Roger, Rupert, and The Donald May Ride Forever

As Do Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death

By Robert Lipsyte On March 7, 2021On March 9, 2021

Take Me Out to the Capitol…Whoops, I Mean the Ballpark

The Super Bowl Ends the Most Toxic Season Ever

By Robert Lipsyte On February 4, 2021On February 4, 2021

Taking the Next Knee

Is this Athletic Revolt For Real and Is It a Danger to Donald Trump?

By Robert Lipsyte On September 17, 2020On May 15, 2021

Remembering

So We Can Forget You-Know-Who

By Robert Lipsyte On June 16, 2020On May 15, 2021

Reopening Day 2020?

Big-Time Spectator Sports Are the Last Things We Need

By Robert Lipsyte On April 23, 2020On April 23, 2020

The Super Bowl Presidency

Five Criteria for Selecting the Worst Old White Man to Lead Us

By Robert Lipsyte On January 30, 2020On May 15, 2021

The Six Ways Football Groomed Us for President Trump

Still Going to Watch the Super Bowl?

By Robert Lipsyte On December 12, 2019On December 12, 2019

When Comedian Dick Gregory Tried to Bust the Word

Nigger

By Robert Lipsyte On August 8, 2019On May 15, 2021

Jockpocalypse

From the Ballpark to Team Trump

By Robert Lipsyte On June 25, 2019On May 15, 2021

Trump and Kavanaugh Win One for the Pack

How Frats, Teams, and Gangs Divide, Conquer, and Now Judge America

By Robert Lipsyte On October 23, 2018On October 23, 2018

Another Season of Despair

Or a Pigskin Blue Wave?

By Robert Lipsyte On July 11, 2018On July 12, 2018

Groping for Manhood

It’s Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies

By Robert Lipsyte On November 16, 2017On November 16, 2017

Trump’s Game Plan

Racism and Violence as Decoys

By Robert Lipsyte On October 19, 2017On May 15, 2021

The Sport of Plutocrats

Golf Is Trump

By Robert Lipsyte On August 3, 2017On May 15, 2021

Football Is Trumpball Lite

Can Kaepernick Save Us?

By Robert Lipsyte On January 31, 2017On May 15, 2021

Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl

By Robert Lipsyte On February 2, 2012On February 2, 2012

Millionaires v. Billionaires or Them v. Us?

By Robert Lipsyte On May 10, 2011On May 15, 2021

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