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Across all 36 varsity sports, giving our student-athletes everything they need to pursue excellence at the highest level.

Inside the Nerdball revolution
With a spreadsheet as his compass, Coach Kyle Smith is rebuilding Stanford basketball through quantifiable toughness—and the players are embracing it.
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The name, image, and likeness of the game
New rules for paying student-athletes are changing college sports and the role of philanthropy.
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The team behind the teams
Supporting Stanford’s remarkable student-athletes is another team—often unseen, always unparalleled—helping them be their best.
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Capturing success
We set out to document a day in the life of the Stanford Women’s Basketball team. (We ended up capturing life with Coach Tara VanDerveer, too.)
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Cardinal rules
Andrew Luck, ’12, MA ’23, reflects on what student-athletes get, and what they give.
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