Family & Education

Why Men Need Sports

Friendly competition allows men to push through challenges, build friendships, and engage in something bigger than themselves.
Why Men Need Sports
On a sports team, men develop strong bonds with one another.Pixabay/Pexels
Walker Larson
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I play basketball on a horrendously bad team in my local men’s rec league. Losing a game by only 7 points has been the highlight of our season so far.

Why do we keep coming back week after week, only to get pummeled again and again? It almost meets the definition of insanity—repeating the same action and expecting a different result. But there’s something at play here that isn’t fully rational, something more elemental than reasonable.

Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Before becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master’s in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, “Hologram” and “Song of Spheres.”