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Thurman Munson In Sun And Shade

The last great brawling sports team in America—Reggie, Catfish, Goose, Gator, and the Boss—remember their fallen leader.

Michael Paterniti Esquire Sep 1999 35min Permalink

Sports World

When 772 Pitches Isn't Enough

The fate of a star 16-year-old pitcher in Japan.

Chris Jones ESPN the Magazine Jul 2013 25min Permalink

Sports World

Remade in Taiwan

When Manny Ramirez played half a season for the E-DA Rhinos.

Sam Graham-Felsen Buzzfeed Jul 2013 25min Permalink

Sports Media

The Endless Summer Of Bob Uecker

Nine innings with Mr. Baseball.

Luke Winn Sports Illustrated Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Prospect

Montaous Walton couldn’t throw, catch or hit. But he wanted to be a ballplayer. And with the help of the internet, the media, and an ambitious young agent, that’s what he briefly became.

Brandon Sneed SB Nation Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Sports

The Unknown Slugger

The story of Héctor Espino, the greatest hitter never to play in the majors.

Eric Nusbaum SB Nation May 2013 25min Permalink

Crime Sports

True Lies

A beloved girls’ basketball coach is accused of sexually molesting several of his players.

Eric Adelson ESPN Jan 2005 20min Permalink

Sports

Thin Mountain Air

How pitching phenom Steve Carlton became a yoga-loving conspiracy theorist who calls a concrete bunker his home.

Pat Jordan Philadelphia Magazine Apr 1994 30min Permalink

Sports

Tangled Up in Blue

The brief life and complicated death of Tommy Lasorda’s gay son.

Peter Richmond GQ Oct 1992 30min Permalink

Business Politics Sports

Thrown for a Curve in Rhode Island

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling needed funding for his ambitious video-game startup. Rhode Island politicians needed jobs and a vision for how to transform the state’s beleaguered economy. The story of a $75 million bet gone bust.

Matt Bai New York Times Apr 2013 Permalink

Sports

Meet The Kid In The Jackie Robinson Photo (Which Was Staged)

Why almost everything we think we know about the iconic photo from Robinson’s first game is wrong.

Keith Olbermann MLB.com Apr 2013 10min Permalink

Sports

Time In A Bottle

One year before his death, Mickey Mantle describes a life of drinking.

Jill Lieber, Mickey Mantle Sports Illustrated Apr 1994 20min Permalink

Sports

The All-Stars of David

On the Israeli national baseball team.

Charles Bethea Details Mar 2013 Permalink

Sports

A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names

An investigation into the Dr. Anthony Bosch and his “East Coast version of BALCO,” which allegedly supplied baseball stars Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera and others with performance-enhancing drugs.

Tim Elfrink The Miami New Times Jan 2013 20min Permalink

Sports

Tinker To Evers To Chance ... To Me

The brilliant, tragic life of Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers.

Tim Layden Sports Illustrated Jan 2010 25min Permalink

Sports

The Rise and Fall of 'Nails'

Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra’s on-field brilliance and private-life disasters, from drunk driving to failed investment and publishing ventures.

Jim Baumbach Newsday Dec 2012 15min Permalink

Sports

Mourning Glory

A high school baseball team responds to a loss.

Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Oct 2012 30min Permalink

Sports

The Two Rogers

Reflections on Mr. Angell, Mr. Kahn and Dad.

Alex Belth SB Nation Oct 2012 20min Permalink

Sports

He Came from Outer Space

Barry Zito, profiled.

Chris Jones Esquire Jun 2002 10min Permalink

Best Article Crime Sports

17 Days in November

Two brothers dreamed of baseball stardom. One would end up killing the other.

Wright Thompson ESPN Aug 2012 40min Permalink

Sports Tech

End Game

How Curt Schilling’s video-game company went bust.

Jason Schwartz Boston Magazine Aug 2012 Permalink

Sports

Project Knuckleball

Vindication for an awkward art.

Ben McGrath New Yorker May 2004 20min Permalink

Sports

To Cheat or Not to Cheat

The untold story of steroids in baseball.

Tom Verducci Sports Illustrated May 2012 40min Permalink

Best Article Sports

The Cup Of Coffee Club: The Ballplayers Who Got Only One Game

It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”

Rick Paulas The Awl May 2012 15min Permalink

Sports

Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud

How a con-man convinced Los Angeles that he was prepared to purchase the Dodgers from the now-bankrupt Frank McCourt.

Gene Maddaus LA Weekly Mar 2012 Permalink

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