Sports hasn't always been the most popular topic among America's editors and contributors—unless it was the Grand Old Game, baseball.

In 'The Last Manager,' John W. Miller marries stories and statistics in a fascinating account of the life of Earl Weaver, the diminutive, cantankerous skipper who is the winningest manager since the moon landing.

In 2004, the St. Joseph's University men's basketball team made a long run in the N.C.A.A. tournament, falling just short of the Final Four. This excerpt from Aaron Bracy’s 'A Soaring Season' tells part of that thrilling story.

Who will win it all? Probably not a Catholic school, but hope springs eternal.

Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.

'Hockey Priest: Father David Bauer and the Spirit of the Canadian Game' shows the interplay of spirituality and sport in the world that Father Bauer helped create.