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Seth Wickersham

Sports

The NFL's Fight for Los Angeles

Inside the Rams-Chargers marriage.

Seth Wickersham, Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Sports

Free Solo Climber Alex Honnold's Next Summit? The Rest of His Life

On life after you accomplish your lifelong goal.

Seth Wickersham ESPN Sep 2019 30min Permalink

Business Sports

Inside the Short, Unhappy Life of the Alliance of American Football

An upstart football league goes horribly awry during its first season,.

Seth Wickersham, Michael Rothstein ESPN Jun 2019 35min Permalink

Sports

NFL Teeters On All-Out, Unprecedented Civil War

"I'm gonna come after you with everything I have." —Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Nov 2017 20min Permalink

Politics Sports

How the NFL, Players Forged Anthem Detente Amid Gaffes, TV Ratings Concerns

The behind-closed-doors story.

Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN Oct 2017 20min Permalink

Sports

Sin City or Bust

How the Raiders got to Las Vegas.

Seth Wickersham, Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Apr 2017 30min Permalink

Business Sports

The Wow Factor

How one billionaire owner outflanked two others and brought the NFL back to Los Angeles, doubling the value of his franchise.

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Don Van Natta Jr. on the Longform Podcast

Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Feb 2016 10min Permalink

Business Sports

Spygate to Deflategate

Roger Goodell, the Patriots and one huge “makeup call.”

Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN Sep 2015 45min Permalink

Sports

Awakening the Giant

Y.A. Tittle, an 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback with dementia, travels to his hometown for the last time.

Seth Wickersham ESPN Jul 2014 Permalink

Sports

Out Route

The bleak final season of Tony Gonzalez’s Hall of Fame career.

Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Feb 2014 10min Permalink

The Book of Coach

On the tortured psyche of former 49ers coach Bill Walsh and how it led to Finding the Winning Edge, his 550-page guide to the game that has become the football’s bible.

Seth Wickersham ESPN Jan 2013 20min Permalink

Into the Wild

A Kenyan runner loses himself in Alaska.

Seth Wickersham ESPN May 2012 20min Permalink