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College Sports

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "When the Rain Comes"

With upheaval looming, a college tennis player considers his love, his training, and his own agency.

Brandon Taylor Nat.Brut May 2018 15min Permalink

Sports

How a Midlevel School Became The University of Adidas at Louisville

Inside a multimillion dollar scandal.

Steve Fainaru, Mark Fainaru-Wada ESPN Dec 2017 20min Permalink

Sports

Failure Is Not an Option

A decorated college track coach, forced to resign because of an affair she had with a athlete 10 years before, fights back.

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Sep 2013 50min Permalink

Let’s Start Paying College Athletes

A step-by-step proposal for fixing the broken economics of big-time college sports.

Joe Nocera New York Times Magazine Dec 2011 20min Permalink

Sports

Three-Man Weave

On witnessing an incredible junior college basketball game 23 years ago in North Dakota.

Chuck Klosterman Grantland Jun 2011 15min Permalink

Confessions of an Agent

During his career, Josh Luchs gave college athletes thousands in cash, meals, and trips. Now he’s retiring and coming clean.

George Dohrmann Sports Illustrated Oct 2010 30min Permalink