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Quarterback

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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

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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

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Cam Newton on Everything

A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback.

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Zach Baron on the Longform Podcast

Zach Baron GQ Aug 2016 20min Permalink

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The Joy of Cam Newton

A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.

Tim Keown ESPN Jan 2016 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

Ryan Leaf's Jailhouse Confessions, Written By His Cell Mate

A profile of the NFL quarterback gone bust.

John Cagney Nash Playboy Sep 2013 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Michael Vick

An attempt to sort out whether Vick is truly a changed man or simply a very gifted football player who was bound to be forgiven.

Will Leitch GQ Sep 2011 15min Permalink

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Namath All Night Long

Over a scotch a few months after his underdog Jets won Super Bowl III, a 26-year-old Joe Namath told Jimmy Breslin what he’d done the night before the game: “I went out and got a bottle and grabbed this girl.”

Jimmy Breslin New York Apr 1969 10min Permalink