Film
Reclaiming the Legend of Bruce Lee
The new ESPN documentary Be Water seeks to both reassert Lee's legacy and humanize him.
sports
Film
Michael Jordan's Flawed Hero Narrative
One of the key lessons of ESPN's series The Last Dance is that people learn to adore brutal tyrants, and will only fall further into that admiration as long as the tyrant is uniquely talented, powerful, and wins.
Film
Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
Film
Separating the Man From the Myth of Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia completes his trilogy of documentaries on fame with a portrait of the notorious footballer.
Art
The Rarities and Oddities of a Vanished World
It’s fair to say that images of sporting have a relatively marginal place in our art world.
Art
Looking at Sports as Powerful Modes of Expression
Fifteen artists offer a range of ways into “sports” as a concept.
Interview
Modern Knights Compete in Medieval-Style Sword Fighting
Hyperallergic talks to the directors of the documentary Bludgeon about portraying a subculture without making fun of it.
Film
An Innovative YouTube Series Visualizes Sports Data in a Mesmerizing Manner
SB Nation's Jon Bois brings a singular style to his video storytelling.
In Brief
Disturbing Ads Warn of Uptick in Domestic Violence During the World Cup
The violence associated with professional sports doesn't limit itself to the playing field, as a new campaign by the UK's National Domestic Violence Hotline makes clear in a new series of ads.
Film
A Documentary Tracks the Competitive Theatrics of John McEnroe
A new documentary made up solely of footage of the tennis star shot in 1984 is a meditation on the psycho-dramatics of sports and a pure celebration of the body in motion.
News
Boston and Philadelphia's Art Museums Gamble Loaning a Painting on the Super Bowl
The outcome of Museum Bowl 2018 will depend on whether the Philadelphia Eagles or the New England Patriots prevail on Sunday.
In Brief
Cleveland's Major League Baseball Team Will Retire Racist "Chief Wahoo" Logo
Though it will still appear on some merchandise sold in northeast Ohio and the Arizona city where the team holds its spring training.