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DISPATCHES
Hitting Slump by Ada Calhoun
Whatever happened to the baseball groupie? We went to spring training to find out.
Hot, Oily and Breathless by Justin Clark
Kabaddi, an unapologetically erotic, 4,000-year-old sport from India, comes to America.
Players' Club by the Nerve Staff
The 30 sluttiest athletes of all time.
Catch and Release by Adam Zagoria
Sports' secret hotbed: the ultimate-frisbee circuit.
The 12 Best Nude-Athlete Pictorials Ever by the Nerve Staff
QUICKIES
Third-Base Coach by Ada Calhoun
Can the baseball-statistics system known as sabermetrics improve your effectiveness at dating? Take this test.
PERSONAL ESSAYS
On the Table by Sarah Hepola
The seductive power of foosball.
Striking Out by Steve Almond
Why I'd rather watch sports than have sex.
Angel, We Go Down Together by Lisa Gabriele
An elegy for roller-skating.
INTERVIEWS
Yogi Bare by Arianne Cohen
Celebrity yoga master Rodney Yee on sex, scandal, Speedos and enlightenment.
Cheaters Sometimes Win by Kai Ma
A sociologist discusses what makes pro athletes stray, and why we forgive them.
Doing the Hustle by Gwynne Watkins
Confessions of Heather Byer, competitive pool player.
SCREENING ROOM
Into the Blue by Will Doig
An appreciation of 1968's The Swimmer, a pioneer of suburban angst.
FICTION
XXL by Craig Davidson
"The cravings of fifteen men trapped in one lust-bloated, musclebound vessel: moi."
SEX ADVICE FROM
Synchronized Swimmers





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