What one learns about Jose Canseco while trying, unsuccessfully, to interview Jose Canseco.

A profile of Carmelo Anthony, newly anointed savior of the New York Knicks.

How skateboard legend Mark “Gator” Anthony was born again, first as a street preacher, and then as a rapist and murderer.

Chris Klucsarits, aka Chris Kanyon aka Mortis,was a ’90s name in wrestling whose comeback had dual aims; for him to gain a spot on WWE’s roster, and to become wrestling’s first out star. It would end in suicide.

Over the past 33 years, Dick Hoyt has pushed, pulled and carried his disabled son, Rick, through more than 1,000 road races and triathlons, including 28 Boston Marathons. But as time bears down on them, how much longer can they keep it up?

Manny Ramirez is a deeply frustrating employee, the kind whose talents are so prodigious that he gets away with skipping meetings, falling asleep on the job, and fraternizing with the competition.

The inner workings of a high school basketball team stacked with international talent.

How a commuter college in Miami became a chess powerhouse.

Behind-the-scenes the Cincinnati Ben-Gal cheerleaders.

An ode to the fastball and the pitchers who throw it best.

How Lalit Modi built a billion-dollar cricket empire—only to be exiled from his sport and homeland.

The life that he has created almost from scratch over the last two years has been defined at least as much by what Tyson wants to avoid — old haunts, old habits, old temptations and old hangers-on — as by what he wants to embrace.

After the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Ring Lardner, America’s first great sportswriter, walked away from the game.

The story of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Duke and Butler, and what would have been greatest shot in college basketball history.

On Baylor’s freshman basketball star Perry Jones and how the new era of one-season careers has changed the landscape of college basketball.

A profile of the highest paid coach in college basketball. A pioneer of one-and-done recruiting, Calipari is also the only coach in NCAA history to have two runs to the Final Four removed from the record books for rules violations.

Inside the world of 10-and-under competitive cheerleading.

The man who brought together heat, yoga, monthly fees to use his methods, and raw sexuality, on allegations that he has slept with scores of his followers: “Only when they give me no choice! If they say to me, ‘Boss, you must fuck me or I will kill myself,’ then I do it! Think if I don’t! The karma!”

The bizarre tale–and unlikely turnaround–of an NHL player who tried to have his youth coach murdered.

“If genius is hard to define, madness is even more so.” One chess champion’s take on the tortured life of another.

A profile of Vova Galchenko, teenage juggling virtuoso and early viral star.

The story of Nate Fleming—walk-on point guard at Oklahoma State, fan favorite, golden child—and the 2001 plane crash that took his life.

A remembrance of relationships formed when the author, at 13 and using a false identity, frequented hockey chat rooms.

In 1998, at age 45, Ken Bradshaw surfed the tallest wave in recorded history.