Stories by David Epstein

David Epstein is the author of the 2013 bestseller The Sports Gene. He's a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, and currently an investigative reporter at ProPublica.

Behavior

Jacks-of-All-Trades Make the Grade

Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

August 10, 2019 — David Epstein and Steve Mirsky

Policy

Magic Blood and Carbon-Fiber Legs at the Brave New Olympics

With technology and pharmaceuticals dominating our reality, how do we define “natural” human effort in sports? The author of bestseller The Sports Gene weighs in ...

August 18, 2016 — David Epstein

Biology

Big Bang of Body Types: Sports Science at the Olympics and beyond

David Epstein talks about his 2013 bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance and his recent Scientific American article "Magic Blood and Carbon-Fiber Legs at the Brave New Olympics." ...

August 16, 2016 — Steve Mirsky and David Epstein

Evolution

Making Winter Sports Olympic Champions out of Australian "Beach Babes" [Excerpt]

In The Sports Gene David Epstein explores what separates elite athletes from the rest of us

February 7, 2014 — David Epstein