How a tiny island 5,000 miles from the U.S. mainland has produced so many NFL players.

The death of a high school football player and the life that has followed for the kid who made the hit.

How one woman’s sexual assault by four University of Oregon football players in 1980 unwittingly led to the state’s expansive free speech protections.

Race and Ole Miss football.

The life of the former defensive tackle, who was paralyzed during a kickoff return.

“The concussion that led Borland to retire came on a routine play, and that’s precisely his point.”

The story of a small town just outside Pittsburgh that has suffered through a half-century of economic decline, racial tension, and endless crime. Despite that trajectory, or perhaps because of it, Aliquippa has also produced an astounding number of NFL players.

“In an industry in which millions of people are invested in his success – in which he’s constantly being advised, praised and berated, often by total strangers – Revis’ tranquillity might be his greatest asset. He isn’t just an island. He’s a fortress.”

Joe Namath believes hyperbaric oxygen treatment can reverse the brain damage he and others suffered playing football, so much so that a treatment center carries his name. The science, however, doesn’t support his claims.

Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.

The double life of Aaron Hernandez.

Darren Sharper was once an NFL star. He was also a serial rapist, one who law enforcement failed to stop.

Lester Cotton’s transformation from reluctant football player to top Alabama recruit, and the hopes and dreams of a neighborhood that ride on his shoulders.

Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.

When should a football player, and in particular one who has suffered three concussions in 10 months, retire?

The flawed data on safety equipment.

Life, death, and last year’s Auburn-Alabama game.

On domestic violence and the NFL.

An investigation into who knew what, and when.

The author examines his terrible football career.

After Devaughn Darling died during a workout with the Florida State football team, his family was awarded a payout of $2 million. That was 13 years ago. Only $200,000 has come.

Y.A. Tittle, an 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback with dementia, travels to his hometown for the last time.

A season with the American Football League of China.

Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.

How to buy college football players, in the words of a man who delivers the money.