August 17, 2010
Thrilla in Manila
Basketball is the dominant sport in the Philippines, where companies own the teams and bad calls aren’t tolerated by the fans.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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August 02, 2010
Greatest of All Time
The highest-paid athlete of all time was charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, the fifteen-billion-dollar man.
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July 30, 2010
Two of Every Animal (and More)
Theodore Roosevelt’s huge bounty of game from his 1909 African safari filled the vaults of the Smithsonian museum.
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July 11, 2010
Don’t Mention the Eighty Years War
Team Goya takes on Team Vermeer in what is sure to be a World Cup final of pure artistry.
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June 16, 2010
Not for Glory Alone
Looking back at the history of soccer during the 2010 World Cup.
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February 14, 2010
A Heart-Shaped History
How did the heart (and the icon that represents it) come to stand in for all things love?
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.