Do You Really Still Hate Ryan Lochte?
On fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
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The Unthinkable Fate of Chapecoense
Seven months ago, an underdog Brazilian soccer team boarded a plane to play the game of their lives. They never made it.
The Horrors of Getting Hit by a Pitch
What it feels like to get hit by a major league fastball.
The Greatest, At Rest
The planning of Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
The Dictator's Team
How Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government has woven soccer into its grisly campaign of oppression.
Pat Riley's Final Test
He has been in the NBA for 50 years. He’s won nine championships. And he can’t walk away.
Sin City or Bust
How the Raiders got to Las Vegas.
The NBA's Secret Addiction
(It’s PB&J.)
The Mastermind
A profile of Theo Epstein, the architect behind the Chicago Cubs.
The Official Coming-Out Party
How Bill Kennedy, the only openly gay referee in the NBA, came out.
The Art of Letting Go
In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.
Michael Phelps' Final Turn
“Rio is about far more than Phelps adding to his legacy. It’s the next step toward achieving the same peace and balance on land as he’s had in the water.”
The Bennett Brothers vs. Everyone
On NFL siblings Michael and Martellus Bennett, who “tend to perplex people.”
The Spirit of a Legend
In the midst of a tribal burial, Jim Thorpe’s third wife burst in to remove his body, setting in motion a decades-long battle over the Native American athlete’s final resting place.
After the Fall
On the mysterious death of a high school basketball star in Dallas.
The Secret History of Tiger Woods
A father’s death, an obsession with the Navy SEALs, and a life unraveled.
The Last True Days of Kobe Bryant
A playoff push. A torn Achilles.
You Won't Believe How Nike Lost Steph to Under Armour
“The pitch meeting kicked off with one Nike official accidentally addressing Stephen as 'Steph-on.' ... It got worse from there. A PowerPoint slide featured Kevin Durant's name, presumably left on by accident, presumably residue from repurposed materials.”
The Joy of Cam Newton
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
The Higher Power of Russell Wilson
On the quarterback everyone loves to hate.
The Banner Campaign
How a disgruntled group of University of Miami football fans got the head coach fired by flying insulting airplane banners high over Sun Life Stadium.
Why Did Derrick Gordon Make History and Then Suddenly Shun the Spotlight?
What happened after the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball came out.
How the World's Biggest Bookie was Snared
Paul Phua rose from a Borneo numbers runner to being the biggest bookmaker in the world. Then he found poker.
How Did Lamar Odom Fall So Far?
Everything that happened before former NBA star Lamar Odom suffered multiple strokes on the floor of a Pahrump brothel.
How They Do in Oxford
Race and Ole Miss football.
