What It’s Like to Be…an NBA Referee
Ignoring 10,000 booing fans, collaborating with the replay center, and striving for perfection with Billy Kennedy, an NBA referee.
Ignoring 10,000 booing fans, collaborating with the replay center, and striving for perfection with Billy Kennedy, an NBA referee.
Scouting for signs of greatness, bolstering players after heartbreaking losses, and fighting the “yips” with Vesa Ponkka, a veteran tennis coach.
In this award-winning, longform feature, Greg Rosalsky, an economics reporter and avid backcountry snowboarder, dives into the decades-long quest to overcome “the human factor” in avalanche deaths.
Meeting Muhammad Ali, handling fans who are alcoholics, pouring with no foam, and dreaming about one last game with Howard Hart, who spent three decades as a stadium beer vendor.
The Olympic podium offers a portal into the science and experience of regret.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for July and August 2021.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for August 2020.
For referees at this year’s FIFA World Cup, getting it right came at a price.
Fancy a flutter on the World Cup? Here’s the smart way to do it.
Transitioning to anything new—a job, a relationship, living in a new place—can take time. Feeling uncertain, out of place, and unprepared is common.