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June 11, 2025
The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
This week, in a special collaboration with Medhum.org, The Sports Literati sit down and discuss The Tennis Partner, a masterpiece of medical humanities that just happened to be a sports book!
Feb. 8, 2025
Arnold-The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzneggar and Douglas Hall Kent
This month, the Sports Literati convene to discuss Arnold Schwarzneggar's classic sports memoir about his early days as a bodybuilder and his quest to go from Mr. Universe to Hollywood.
Nov. 17, 2024
NFL Confidential by Johnny Anonymous
This month, the Sports Literati sit down to ponder and ruminate over one of the most high brow, intellectual books they have ever read. Okay, maybe not. But it just might be one of the most fun books they've ever read.
Sept. 24, 2024
Range by David Epstein
This month on the Sports Literati, we get out of our comfort zone and test our range by reading David Epstein's ideas about the power of diverse groups and why early specialization might not be great for children.
June 25, 2024
How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
The Sports Literati reconvene to talk about the beautiful game, through the lens of Franklin Foer's classic soccer book How Soccer Explains the World , first published in 2004.
April 28, 2024
The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith
The Sports Literati revisits one of the seminal sports books of the 1990s: The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith. A close examination of the 1990-91 Chicago Bulls, we talk about an up and coming Michael Jordan and how misery just mig...
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