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Still Life

On October 17, 1973, John McClamrock was paralyzed playing high school football. Doctors doubted he would make it through the night. But he and his mother refused to give up—for more than three decades.

Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly May 2009 30min Permalink

Sports

Silence at Baylor

How a Texas university eagerly accepted a top football player as a transfer even though he had just been kicked off another school’s team for a previous incident of violence involving a female student.

Jessica Luther, Dan Solomon Texas Monthly Aug 2015 15min Permalink

Sports World

The Erasure of Mesut Özil

A year ago, he was one of the Premier League’s highest-paid players. Now, after angering China and refusing a pay cut, he has simply vanished.

Rory Smith, Tariq Panja New York Times Oct 2020 Permalink

Sports

USC and Its Dying Linebackers

In 1989, USC had a depth chart of a dozen linebackers. Five have died, each before age 50.

Michael Rosenberg Sports Illustrated Oct 2020 30min Permalink

Sports

Tom Brady Cannot Stop

A season with the New England Patriots’ 37-year-old quarterback.

Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 30min Permalink

Sports

Let It Fly

A profile of Mo Isom, a former goalie on the LSU women’s soccer team now trying to kick for the football team.

Jordan Conn Grantland Aug 2012 30min Permalink

Sports

The Day that Changed Everything

Can one agonizing defeat destroy a life?

Matthew Stanmyre NJ.com Dec 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Sports

The Man Who Never Was

Todd Marinovich was engineered from birth to be the greatest quarterback of all time. He ended up doing heroin in the locker room. A 2010 National Magazine Award winner, reprinted on Longform.

Mike Sager Esquire May 2010 40min Permalink

Sports

The NFL's Fight for Los Angeles

Inside the Rams-Chargers marriage.

Seth Wickersham, Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Line of Fire

Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

Natalie Weiner SB Nation Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Sports

The Unbreakable Bond

Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he owes his career to his mom. When you hear her remarkable story of survival, you’ll understand his devotion.

Mina Kimes ESPN Oct 2019 15min Permalink

Sports

The Long Con: How The Manziels Conquered America

The family history behind college football’s most talked-about player.

Timothy Burke Deadspin Aug 2013 15min Permalink

Sports

Madam Ram

The life and death of Georgia Frontiere, who was the only woman owner in professional sports when her St. Louis Rams won the 2000 Super Bowl.

Joshua Neuman Victory Journal Jul 2019 15min Permalink

Business Sports

Inside the Short, Unhappy Life of the Alliance of American Football

An upstart football league goes horribly awry during its first season,.

Seth Wickersham, Michael Rothstein ESPN Jun 2019 35min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Final Whistle

Meet the Edward Snowden of European soccer.

Sam Knight New Yorker May 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Sports

Friday Night Lights

On the start of the high school football season in Odessa, Texas. An adaptation published alongside the release of Bissinger’s 1990 book of the same name, which led to the movie and the show.

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Previously: Buzz Bissinger on the Longform Podcast

Buzz Bissinger Sports Illustrated Sep 1990 25min Permalink

Sports

The Brothers Aguayo

On a pair of kickers.

Devin Gordon Victory Journal Nov 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Crime Sports

The Boy They Couldn't Kill

Eighteen years ago, NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth conspired to kill the woman carrying his child. The woman, Cherica Adams, died. The child, Chancellor Lee Adams, did not.

Thomas Lake Sports Illustrated Sep 2012 25min Permalink

Science Sports

John Urschel Goes Pro

How a professional football player became a top-flight mathematician.

Jordan Ellenberg Hmm Daily Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

Football, My Dad's Dementia, and Me

A road trip through an athletic career.

Holly Patton GQ Sep 2018 10min Permalink

Sports

The Kick Is Up and It’s...a Career Killer

The precarious existence of NFL placekickers.

Michael Lewis Play Oct 2007 30min Permalink

Crime Sports

Crooked Letters

Inside the NCAA’s years-long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football.

Steven Godfrey SB Nation May 2018 50min Permalink

Sports

What It's Like To Navigate The NFL's Concussion Settlement Hellscape

The NFL is doing everything it can to avoid paying former players who have dementia.

Dom Cosentino Deadspin May 2018 15min Permalink

Sports

A Family Left Behind

Mechelle McNair on remembering her late husband, NFL star Steve, and moving forward.

Elizabeth Merrill ESPN the Magazine Feb 2018 15min Permalink

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The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder

An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.

Dave McKenna Washington City Paper Nov 2010 20min Permalink

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