Hell Is Empty and All the Hedge Fund Managers Are at the Bellagio
A dispatch from Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT Conference.
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The U.S. Gymnastics System Wanted More Medals, and Created a Culture of Abuse to Get Them
“The sex abuse is a symptom of a culture that does not allow the athletes to have their voice.”
James Dolan Wants You To Love His Band
The second richest musician in the world, behind Paul McCartney, is James Dolan, owner of the Knicks and Madison Square Garden, whose band JD & The Straight Shot toured opening for Jewel behind an album that sold 113 copies.
The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live
The story of Jennifer Frey, a sportswriting prodigy who drank herself to death.
How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned a Sucker’s Game Into An Industry
The so-called gambling experts who sell their picks, lie about their records, and get paid even when they’re wrong.
Behind The Photo That Changed The Boston Marathon Forever
A photographer captured the moment when a race organizer confronted a woman who’d snuck into the race.
How the Hero of Friday Night Lights Won and Lost His Good Name
Brian Chavez was supposed to be the one who made it out of Odessa. It didn’t turn out that way.
This Is Why NFL Star Greg Hardy Was Arrested for Assaulting His Ex-Girlfriend
On May 12, 2014, Nicole Holder told Charlotte police that she had been assaulted by Greg Hardy. He was arrested, charged, and convicted. Then the case was dismissed on appeal. After a season out of the league, Hardy is playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones has called him a “real leader.”
This is the story, and the photos, of what happened that night.
The Hateful Life and Spiteful Death of the Man Who Was Vigo the Carpathian
“Norbert Grupe—a Nazi soldier’s son, boxer, professional wrestler, failed actor, criminal, and miserable human being who was never so happy as when he could make someone hate him—was once a man so beautiful that other men wanted to paint him.”
The Story Behind Bob Beamon's Miracle Jump and the Only Photo That Mattered
How an amateur photographer documented the greatest achievement in track and field history.
How ESPN's Fear of the Truth Defeated "Black Grantland"
Why The Undefeated, a site announced more than two years ago, still hasn’t launched.
The Player Whose Bell Stayed Rung
Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.
When Muhammad Ali Was a Has-Been
Twelve columns about the boxer’s descent, originally published in the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times.
How Jon Jones Became the Baddest Motherfucker on Earth
A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”
The Future of the Culture Wars Is Here, and It's Gamergate
How a small group of gamers has been able to “set the terms of debate in a $100 billion industry, even as they send women like Brianna Wu into hiding and show every sign that they intend to keep doing so until all their demands are met.”
The Immigrant Sport
A trip to the U.S. Open of ping-pong.
Just Undo It
A 2011 profile of LeBron James, originally meant to run in Port, that was killed by Nike.
The Big Book of Black Quarterbacks
The stories of the 109 black men who have played quarterback in the NFL, from Fritz Pollard to Russell Wilson.
A Sense of Who You Are
How fight coach Greg Jackson, once dubbed “the Philosopher King of MMA,” does his job.
The Long Con: How The Manziels Conquered America
The family history behind college football’s most talked-about player.
Can Diamond Dallas Page Save Wrestling's Walking Dead?
On a makeshift halfway house for down-and-out former wrestlers.
My Roger Ebert Story
“The first time I was ever published in a book was 1997. It was because I found Roger Ebert’s email and asked him a question.”
The One-Legged Wrestler Who Conquered His Sport, Then Left It Behind
The last escape of Anthony Roebles.
(Un)dead Wrestler Of The Week: The Undertaker
On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.
Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend, the Most Heartbreaking and Inspirational Story of the College Football Season, Is a Hoax
The story was told by Sports Illustrated, CBS News, and countless others: linbeacker Manti Te’o, Heisman trophy candidate and the face of Notre Dame football, was playing brilliantly despite the tragic loss of his girlfriend to leukemia early in the season. The reporters missed one key element of Te’o’s story, however: the girl hadn’t died. She couldn’t have. She didn’t exist.
