The world’s greatest animator, Yuri Norstein, hasn’t released a new film in 37 years.

On the life and legacy of one of soccer’s legends, who died Wednesday.

He worked as an engineer developing the technology to make Pringles potato chips before embarking on a prolific writing career. Known as the Melville of science fiction and celebrated for his inventive and challenging work, Wolfe died on April 14 at age 87.

A trip to the Iditarod.

The Venezuelan maestro of the Los Angeles Philharmonic conjures joy in difficult times.

A quest for tigers in India.

A writer who went astray takes a road trip through the ruins of the American West.

A sumo wrestling tournament. A failed coup ending in seppuku. A search for a forgotten man. How one writer’s trip to Japan became a journey through oblivion.

How Singaporean mobster Tan Seet Eng, aka Dan Tan, and a global network of fixers influenced as many 680 soccer matches at the highest levels.

On FIFA’s history of scandal.

Why all soccer fans should root for Holland to lose to Spain.