Sports!

I hate sports. As a little girl, I was always stuck on the softball outfield—the practical way of including a chubby, clumsy kid in the mandatory physical education class. I’d rather have been inside reading my favorite poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.

I didn’t watch sports because I didn’t understand them and I didn’t understand them because I didn’t watch them. Still don’t.… continue reading editor's letter

Sports Diplomacy

BY DAVÍD CARRASCO

The Washington Star sports editor opened the letter from far-off Caracas, Venezuela, that had just arrived by diplomatic pouch. Entitled “A Very Sad Day,” the piece was penned by my father David L. Carrasco, the American University basketball coach who was touring Latin America as a sports diplomat for the U.S. State Department that summer...continue reading

Soccer Nations

Soccer is often thought of as the Latin American sport or, as in the words of Franklin Foer, "soccer explains the world." Here, authors look at soccer from a variety of perspectives.

Great Players, Bad Business
By Rory Miller

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Sentimental Soccer
By Mariano Siskind

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Soccer and Literature
By Michel Di Capua

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Soccer Clubs
By Aldo Panfichi

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The Ball and the Blackboard
Bruno Carvalho

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The Cradle of Brazilian Soccer
By Paulo Fontes

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Women's Soccer in Brazil
By Carmen Rial

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¡Gooooal!
By Johanna Damgaard Liander

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The Sporting Life

Soccer and baseball may form a core of Latin American sports, but the sporting life in Latin America includes a variety of sports and unusual trends. Here are just a few.

Photo: Carin Zissis

Bullfights
By Daniel Samper Pizano

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Indeed, It Is about History
By Sergio Silva Castañeda

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Santo and Lucha Libre
By Gabriel Guzmán

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Sports and Political Imagination in Colombia
By Ingrid Bolívar

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To Dance or to Box
By Andrés Sanín

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Women and Sports in Peru
By David Wood

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Preparing for Rio

Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics and the World Cup. Preparations are underway and challenges lie ahead.

Photo: GSD RioStudio

Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
By Stanley Engerman

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My Goalsetters
By Preston So

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Preparing for the Olympics
By Jake Cummings

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Play Ball

Ancient Mesoamerica played ball. Baseball is a favorite game in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Latin Americans have shaped the sport in the United States.

Photo: Félix Alfonso López

"Baseball in our Blood"
By Jack Spence

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Baseball Dreams
By Stephen Kinzer

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Caribbean Baseball
By Rob Ruck

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Religion, Politics and Plenty of Betting
By Barbara W. Fash and William L. Fash

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Searching For Burt Reynolds
By Jack Spence

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Speaking of Baseball
By Félix Julio Alfonso López