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Andrew Martin

Sports

A League of His Own

How Sepp Blatter controlled soccer.

Tariq Panja, Andrew Martin, Vernon Silver Bloomberg Business Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Business World

The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes

How the China National Tobacco Corp., which manufactures 2.5 trillion cigarettes per year, came to make more money than Apple.

Andrew Martin Businessweek Dec 2014 15min Permalink

Crime

The Prosecution’s Case Against DNA

Prosecutors have spun creative theories to explain away scientific evidence when DNA tests haven’t fit their version of events.

Andrew Martin New York Times Magazine Nov 2011 25min Permalink