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
A Scout's Honor
Pete Philo had a successful NBA career as a scout for the Pacers, Timberwolves, and Mavericks. He got all those jobs after being convicted of raping a teenager.
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder
An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.
James Dolan Wants You To Love His Band
The second richest musician in the world, behind Paul McCartney, is James Dolan, owner of the Knicks and Madison Square Garden, whose band JD & The Straight Shot toured opening for Jewel behind an album that sold 113 copies.
The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live
The story of Jennifer Frey, a sportswriting prodigy who drank herself to death.
How the Hero of Friday Night Lights Won and Lost His Good Name
Brian Chavez was supposed to be the one who made it out of Odessa. It didn’t turn out that way.
The Player Whose Bell Stayed Rung
Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.
Rooked
The evolution of cheating in chess.
