9/24/19The Lost Legend And Secret Legacy Of Table Tennis Master Rong GuotuanThis is an excerpt from Eric Nusbaum’s new weekly Substack newsletter Sports Stories, where he’ll be writing about…ByEric NusbaumPublishedSeptember 24, 2019
10/9/14The Immigrant Sport: What Ping-Pong Means In AmericaI am standing in a gaggle of table tennis players in a dark bar in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the Fourth of July.…ByEric NusbaumPublishedOctober 9, 2014
12/12/13Hideo Nomo Changed Baseball Forever, And Then He DisappearedHaving purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we'll be filling out in accordance with the wishes of our readers,…ByEric NusbaumPublishedDecember 12, 2013
10/23/13Bud Selig, The Commissioner Who Didn't MatterThere is a popular line of thinking among statistically minded baseball fans that declares the manager more or less…ByEric NusbaumPublishedOctober 23, 2013
9/11/13The Man Who Doesn't Exist: How Canelo Álvarez Became A MythJuanacatlán, Jalisco, sits on the slopes of lush foothills, 20 miles southeast of Guadalajara. To reach the town…ByEric NusbaumPublishedSeptember 11, 2013
8/22/13Where Yasiel Puig Comes FromA couple of months before Yasiel Puig announced himself with three hits and a game-ending Scud missile launched from…ByEric NusbaumPublishedAugust 22, 2013