Futbol Tragedy

Sooner or later -- and probably sooner -- Mexicans are going to lose one of the few things they have left to brag about: their soccer dominance over the United States.

BY ANDRÉS MARTINEZ | AUGUST 11, 2009

The Battle of Beijing

What happens when an authoritarian government and thousands of activists go head-to-head at the Olympics? China is about to find out.

BY MOISÉS NAÍM | OCTOBER 11, 2007

The Center of the World

The NBA understands the power of an icon. When Michael Jordan retired from basketball, the league's ratings began to fall. To bounce back, the NBA expanded overseas and lured foreign talent to the game. And there is no one who is as big an ambassador as Yao Ming. The NBA sees its salvation in the 7-foot, 6-inch Chinese sensation -- and in 1.3 billion hoops fans.

BY BROOK LARMER | AUGUST 30, 2005

A Sporting Chance

NOVEMBER 1, 2004

Soccer Vs. McWorld

What could be more global than soccer? The world's leading professional players and owners pay no mind to national borders, with major teams banking revenues in every currency available on the foreign exchange and billions of fans cheering for their champions in too many languages to count. But in many ways, the beautiful game reveals much more about globalization's limits than its possibilities.

BY FRANKLIN FOER | JANUARY 1, 2004

Soccer Goes Glocal

BY RICHARD GIULIANOTTI | NOVEMBER 11, 2002

Swifter, Higher, Richer

JANUARY 1, 2001