Ricky Schodl

#10 the Sports Issue

The Transcontinental Race

It’s just past four o’clock in the morning, and I’m cycling through the still, damp air of a summer night in Bosnia. I’m heading southeast from the Croatian

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#10 the Sports Issue

You Flinch, You Lose

Julian Sanchez was in a hurry. He still had to buy a pair of cheap black trousers. He would wear his black leather shoes—as required by the dress code—but didn’t want to ruin his only suit.

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#10 the Sports Issue

The long run

In the fall of 2020, Selemon (not his real name) received an email announcing that a marathon race would be held in the Czech Republic. As an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner living in Europe, Selemon had been training throughout the pandemic. Like many of his peers who rely on prize money and appearances for a living, he’d been struggling. His bank account was drying up, and his resolve was weakening too. Here, finally, was an opportunity.

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#9 Unsilencing: The Colonialism Issue

Portuguese Imposter Syndrome

According to my therapist, I suffer from impostor syndrome. But what if, when it comes to my citizenship, I actually am a fraud?

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#9 Unsilencing: The Colonialism Issue

The Black Curriculum

Studying postcolonialism at a higher academic level in the U.K. has its own set of ethical and moral trappings. Broadly, post­ colonial studies refers to the study of

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