The Longform Guide to Cheaters
The Long Ride
Just over a decade ago, Specter set out to answer this question: How did Lance Armstrong manage the greatest comeback in sports history?
Michael Specter New Yorker Jul 2002 35min
The Shadow Scholar
An academic ghostwriter explains his trade.
Problems in a Turned-On World
In 1969, the sports establishment was wrestling with whether to embrace performance-enhancing drugs, decry them, or look the other way.
Bil Gilbert Sports Illustrated Jun 1969
Cheating, Incorporated
AshleyMadison.com and the business of infidelity.
Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Feb 2011 20min
Hacking Las Vegas
The story of the MIT Blackjack Team.
Ben Mezrich Wired Sep 2002 30min
All the Answers
A quiz show scandal and its aftermath, as told by its star.
Charles Van Doren New Yorker Jul 2008 30min
Chasing Jose
There are enough stories about steroids in baseball to fill an entire collection. But there’s only one story about steroids and trying to interview a down-and-out Jose Canseco.
Pat Jordan Deadspin Mar 2008 15min
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