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The Grandmaster Diet

How to lose weight while barely moving.

Aishwarya Kumar ESPN Sep 2019 25min Permalink

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Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu

On the retirement of Ted Williams.

John Updike New Yorker Oct 1960 25min Permalink

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Federer as Religious Experience

On the joy of watching Roger play live at Wimbledon.

David Foster Wallace Play Aug 2006 30min Permalink

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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

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Who Invented the High Five?

The origin story of a now-ubiquitous celebration.

Jon Mooallem ESPN Jul 2011 15min Permalink

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Wilt vs. Elgin: When Their World Was the Playground

On the lost pickup basketball games in D.C. between Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor, then both still in college, during the summer of 1957.

Dave McKenna Grantland May 2012 30min Permalink

Best Article Sports Health

The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever

In a Plano bowling alley one night, Bill Fong came so close to perfection that it nearly killed him.

Michael J. Mooney D Magazine Jun 2012 20min Permalink

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The Importance of Being LeBron

Just before his first NBA game, an 18-year-old LeBron James was asked about the pressure of controlling the combined fortunes of a city, major corporations, and the league. “I can handle it,” he said.

Jack McCallum Sports Illustrated Oct 2003 15min Permalink

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Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Mighty Oak"

A hockey player's life spirals out of control.

Jeff W. Bens Guernica Sep 2020 10min Permalink

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The Shame of College Sports

The case for paying college athletes.

Taylor Branch The Atlantic Oct 2011 1h Permalink

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Jordan’s Moment

The story of one of the great final acts in sports history.

David Halberstam New Yorker Dec 1998 20min Permalink

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The World's Team

How Barcelona became the most successful—and most beloved—club in soccer.

Grant Wahl Sports Illustrated Oct 2012 25min Permalink

Crime Sports

"You Guys Are Scaring Me"

A woman told police she was raped by three New York Mets. They were never charged.

Daniel Engber Slate Jan 2020 35min 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

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stupid Zebra"

A hockey father's escalating faultsthe.

Bradley Babendir The Sun Magazine Nov 2019 10min Permalink

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Life's Swell

On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.

Susan Orlean Outside Sep 1998 20min Permalink

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The Man Who Would Kill Horse Racing

One man’s quest to stop horse racing deaths.

Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Sep 2019 30min Permalink

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Requiem for a Sports Bettor

On the rise and fall of the professional sports bettor.

David Hill The Ringer Jun 2019 40min Permalink

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Ultimate Glory

A youth wasted on pro-level ultimate frisbee.

Dave Gessner Bill and Dave's Cocktail Hour Jan 2012 45min Permalink

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La Matadora Revisa Su Maquillaje (The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup)

A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.

Susan Orlean Outside Dec 1996 25min Permalink

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The Power of One

At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.

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Gary Smith on the Longform Podcast

Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Sep 2009 25min Permalink

Best Article Sports Religion

The Curious Case of Sidd Finch

A profile of a previously unknown rookie pitcher for the Mets who dropped out of Harvard, made a spiritual quest to Tibet, and somewhere along the line figured out how to throw a baseball much, much faster than anyone else on Earth.

George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Apr 1985 25min Permalink

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Merv Curls Lead

Wealthy businessman Merv Bodnarchuk put together the dream team of curling. Then he put himself in the lineup.

Guy Lawson Saturday Night Apr 1999 25min Permalink

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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

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Football, My Dad's Dementia, and Me

A road trip through an athletic career.

Holly Patton GQ Sep 2018 10min Permalink

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