Requiem for a Sports Bettor
On the rise and fall of the professional sports bettor.
The Ringer
Billionaires, Bombers, and Bellydancers
On a century of Muslim misrepresentation in Hollywood.
Gene Wolfe Turned Science Fiction Into High Art
He worked as an engineer developing the technology to make Pringles potato chips before embarking on a prolific writing career. Known as the Melville of science fiction and celebrated for his inventive and challenging work, Wolfe died on April 14 at age 87.
Heaven Can Wait: The Hidden Genius of Elaine May
A profile of Elaine May, one the most important figures in American pop cultural history—and one of the most hidden.
The Exile of Rick Pitino
In 2017, the Hall of Fame Louisville coach’s career collapsed under a string of scandals, leading to his firing from the school he had coached for 16 years. Now, Pitino is finding himself in Greece, coaching Panathinaikos, working for a self-styled Bond villain, and enjoying a new chapter of his life.
The Art of the Pan: What’s the Point of a Bad Review in 2019?
On the art of the takedown.
American Dreams in a Chinese Takeout
On the grueling nature of Chinese restaurant work and the hopes and dreams of the cooks and delivery men who have migrated to the U.S.
The Great NFL Heist: How Fox Paid for and Changed Football Forever
An oral history of the most important deal in sports TV history, when Rupert Murdoch and Fox stole the NFL and John Madden out from under the Big Three networks and launched a television empire.
Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’
An oral history of Nirvana ‘Unplugged.’
Don’t Call Tom Steyer a Mega-Donor
A profile of the billionaire influencer.
Enes Kanter Contains Multitudes
The 26-year-old is many things: New York Knicks center, devout Muslim, star of #NBATwitter, and enemy of the Turkish state.
Man-Eaters
A quest for tigers in India.
Judging by the Cover
How the magazine industry’s identity crisis is playing out on its front page.
A Flower in the Debris
The legacy of Benihana.
For One Last Night, Make It a Blockbuster Night
As the last remaining Blockbusters shut their doors, a portrait of the customers, the staff, and what it was like as they were finally losing each other, after almost 30 years.
In the Pit With the Fighting Roosters
A massive raid on a long-running cockfighting ring in Arkansas has raised complex questions about ICE, immigration, and the future of a centuries-old tradition.
Black Wall Street: The African American Haven That Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes
The racially motivated destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood district has never been told in a manner worthy of its importance. Local residents and Hollywood grapple with how to tell its story as the 100-year anniversary approaches.
Own Goal
The inside story of how the U.S. missed the 2018 World Cup.
The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account
Did the NBA executive use social media to secretly disparage his players and defend his decisions?
‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley
The anti-trust saga of Microsoft and Netscape.
Dead Man Rising
On the eve of his 26th WrestleMania appearance, friends, colleagues, and victims of the WWE’s longest-reigning superstar talk about the making of the Undertaker.
The Wolves of K Street
On PredictIt, a site that allows you to bet on politics, and the people who are getting rich off it.
Fear of a Female Genius
On Joni Mitchell and canons.
Patrick Beverly Just Said That
The L.A. Clippers point guard is an underdog no more.
Touching Death: The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers
Cody Coots is pastor at the same church where his father died during a service three years ago.
