In this issue:

• Inside NYC’s underground race scene
• The people working to protect Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
• The future of psychedelics — could they make you fitter, happier and healthier?
• Trail running through the Himalayas

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In this issue:

• Cover star Lauren James on how she’s handling the hype, looking sharp, and speaking up without losing her integrity
• Interviews with footballer Rinsola Babajide, sports choreographer Andy Ansah, sports broadcaster Sam Johnson and football agent Tobi Alabi
• Football’s Black Gaze: representation, resistance, and revolution
• The Black Joy Guide To Football Lyrics

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In this issue:

• The rise of the NFL
• How data is redefining the way we consume the game
• The women spearheading law and order on the gridiron
• Tom Brady’s undying quest for immortality

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In this issue:

• The heavy metal band named after Alex Corretja, the player who was beaten by a vomiting Pete Sampras
• Imagining the world’s best tennis tattoos
• A profile of underappreciated great Richard ‘Pancho’ Gonzales
• Martin Parr’s tennis photography
• And the return of Racquet’s tennis-themed fiction

Issue 17, Issue 15, Issue 13, Issue 10 and Issue 4 of Racquet are also available in the Stack shop.

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This issue, Halftime, explores sporting and artistic expression at a moment of intense pressure and promise.

In this issue:

• Jet Toomer and Nina Chanel Abney’s kaleidoscopic dialogue on leisure
• New York City bicycle gangs finding community amid emptiness on the city’s Covid-emptied streets
• The iconic images of photographer Walter Iooss Jr. and his most famous muses, from Muhammad Ali to Michael Jordan
• And a personal history of the Ruff Ryders motorcycle stunt crew through the eyes of Yayi the Queen

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In this issue:

• What does sport smell like?
• Palestine’s growing skateboarding scene
• Simulacra and Simulation and sports
• A photo essay by people who get up very, very early to exercise

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In this issue:

• The ‘Stomping Grounds’ of New York’s calisthenics crews
• The Basque boulders of ‘harri jasotzea’ stone lifting
• ‘Los Clavadistas’ — the cliff divers of Acapulco
• The ‘Atlas Race’, a bike ride through the Moroccan desert that tests competitors physically and mentally

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In this issue:

• Exploring the conflict of English identity in Conor Rogers’ hyper-real betting slip paintings
• Beatrice Lettice Boyle’s close-up portraits of weeping England stars
• George Shaw’s stark, haunted images of abandoned goalposts

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This very special issue of Racquet is guest edited by Naomi Osaka.

In this issue:

• A profile of Naomi Osaka by Thessaly La Force
• A deep dive into Naomi’s fashion philosophy by Jessica Iredale
• Kenji Hall on how Naomi’s political activism is perceived in Japan and a look at tennis themes in Japanese animation
• A conversation between the musician Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and the artist Takashi Murakami

Issue 15, Issue 13, Issue 10 and Issue 4 of Racquet are also available in the Stack shop.

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In this issue:

• Rare wrestling drawings of punk rock legend Raymond Pettibon, accompanied by a conversation with Mike Watt, co-founder of The Minutemen
• Ach gives an exclusive interview on his Post-WWE comeback, accompanied by original portraits by artist Andrew Kuo
• Orange Crush hosts its first ever comedy roundtable, featuring: Ron Funches, Kikutaro, and Joey Janela — moderated by Kevin Gill

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