One of the most significant cultural milestones in the recent history of North American sports occurred with about as much pomp and circumstance as a shrug of the shoulders. No openly gay player had ever competed in a regular-season game in the N.F.L.’s 102-year history until Sept. 13, when Las
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A Brief History of Books on Wheels
A Brief History of Books on Wheels Erica AckerbergReading in Manhattan 📚The New York Times For decades now, bookmobiles have existed all over the country, mostly to serve readers who don’t live by a library. Take a look at these images we found in The Times’s photo archives → Source
What if the Inca Conquered Europe? A Novel Rewrites History.
CIVILIZATIONSBy Laurent BinetTranslated by Sam Taylor For his next feat, Laurent Binet should write a children’s book in Python code, or recreate the Bible as a cellphone contract, or translate Socratic dialogues into two dogs sniffing each other at the off-leash park. His debut, “HHhH,” was a meta-historiographical telling of
Nickolas Davatzes, Force Behind A&E and the History Channel, Dies at 79
Nickolas Davatzes, who was instrumental in creating the cable television networks A&E and the History Channel, which now reach into 335 million households around the world, died on Aug. 21 at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 79. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his son George said.
History on the Line at the U.S. Open Finals 🎾
History on the Line at the U.S. Open Finals �� David WaldsteinReporting from Flushing MeadowsBen Solomon for The New York Times Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, was once the bad boy of the U.S. Open. Then fans realized he is just a passionate, interesting guy. The 25-year-old Russian is into
Tell Us What You Love About the Outdoors for Our Black History Series
How do you find purpose, joy and peace in the great outdoors? Our series, Black History, Continued, is exploring these questions. In a virtual event on Sept. 19, we will celebrate the multifaceted perspectives of discovery and wonder outside, and shatter stereotypes about how Black nature lovers experience the outdoors.
The Deep History of Wentworth
Few cathedrals of sport change as much as golf courses. They are subjected not only to nature but also to ownership and the designers they hire to change the course. There is a century of history in the Wentworth Club’s West Course, which opened in Surrey, England, in 1922. This
Djokovich, Beware: Tennis History is Rife with Spoiled Slams
In 2015, Roberta Vinci improbably put an end to Serena Williams’s bid for a Grand Slam at the U.S. Open and called it “the best moment of my life.” Six years later, Vinci has not changed her mind. “People remember me for the Serena match, and I really appreciate that,”
The History of Dreams, From Greek Mythology to Last Night’s Sleep
Judging from Ribeiro’s extensive author’s note, acknowledgments and bibliography, this book is the culmination of decades of thought and collaborative work. It’s also the expression of remarkable, if sometimes all-over-the-map, scholarship, drawing on history, literature, biology, anthropology, neuroscience, sociology and psychology, among other disciplines. The author’s description of how he
JoJo Siwa to Make ‘Dancing With the Stars’ History
On Thursday, “Dancing With the Stars” history was made with the announcement that the dancer and social media personality JoJo Siwa would be the first contestant on the ABC program to compete with a same-sex partner. The executive producer Andrew Llinares shared the milestone during a “Dancing With the Stars”