Sports

Amidst the football-obsessed culture of small-town Christian colleges in Kansas, a player is killed at a party.

In February, Jerusalem’s FC Beitar, the only soccer team in the Israeli Premier League to have never signed an Arab player, signed two Chechnyan Muslims, sparking national controversy and pitting the organization against their ultras fan club La Familia.

The last escape of Anthony Roebles.

The story of Tim Danielson, one of America’s top high school distance runners, who went on to murder his ex-wife.

“He was, it must be said, a pig. And my heart grew fonder.”

An appreciation of the hometown team.

On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.

An account of Yukon Quest, Alaska’s grueling, thousand-mile dog sled race.

A profile of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

On the Israeli national baseball team.

A 16-year-old runner, her coach and the lasting memory of an improbable race.

“This is the story of Billy Conn, who won the girl he loved but lost the best fight ever.”