On the lost pickup basketball games in D.C. between Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor, then both still in college, during the summer of 1957.

A Kenyan runner loses himself in Alaska.

Inside the Quidditch World Cup.

One man’s stories from the early days of the NBA.

An investigation into the true identity of a high school basketball player.

The story of former Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill and the lasting impact of his concussions.

The strange saga of Sarah Phillips, who went from message board commenter to ESPN gambling columnist and hid her identity from editors, scamming many of the people she met along the way.

The alchemy of predicting professional success, from quarterbacks to teachers.

How a scandal involving sex, money and a Wiccan coven brought down yogi John Friend.

In 1999, “original superagent” Leigh Steinberg represented 86 NFL athletes. His life today:

At age 63, Steinberg — for years hailed as the real-life Maguire — now finds himself a bankrupt, recovering alcoholic, plotting a comeback from the bottom. And before 10 p.m. tonight, as mandated by the California Bar Association, he must show that his urine is clean.

What happens when Moneyball-style statistical analysis is applied to mixed martial arts.

A writer’s trip home to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the racetrack inextricably linked with the histories of his family and his hometown.