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Publications

ESPN the Magazine

Business Sports

Drew Brees Has a Dream He'd Like to Sell You

It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Mar 2016 20min Permalink

Sports

Luka Doncic Is No Darko Milicic

“Wonder Boy” is heading to the NBA, and he’s out to change how we think about European imports.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Apr 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Sports

You Can't Quit Cold Turkey

Jared Lorenzen was a star quarterback in college. He won a Super Bowl. And just like the author, he has spent his entire life fighting, and losing, a battle with his weight.

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Lorenzen died Wednesday.

Tommy Tomlinson ESPN the Magazine Aug 2014 15min Permalink

Sports

The Charcuterie Board That Revolutionized Basketball

How Steve Kerr transformed the Golden State Warriors offense.

Baxter Holmes ESPN the Magazine Oct 2017 15min Permalink

Sports Movies & TV

'Fight Club' With Better Jokes

An oral history of Garry Shandling’s secret pickup basketball game.

Anna Peele ESPN the Magazine Nov 2016 25min Permalink

Sports

Aly Raisman Takes The Floor

In her fight to end sexual abuse, the Olympic champion is challenging the very institutions she led to glory.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

A Family Left Behind

Mechelle McNair on remembering her late husband, NFL star Steve, and moving forward.

Elizabeth Merrill ESPN the Magazine Feb 2018 15min 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

Sports

Six-Man Forever

How one girl saved a football season in a small, rural town in Texas.

Elizabeth Merrill ESPN the Magazine Aug 2017 15min Permalink

Sports

A Racing Mind

A profile of NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is returning to racing after a series of concussions.

Tommy Tomlinson ESPN the Magazine Feb 2017 25min Permalink

Business Sports

The Inside Story of the Quick Rise and Quicker Fall of DraftKings and FanDuel

The implosion of the daily fantasy industry is a bro-classic tale of hubris, recklessness, political naïveté and a kill-or-be-killed culture.

Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN the Magazine Aug 2016 25min Permalink

Crime

Pin Kings

How two high school wrestling teammates ended up on opposites side of the law during Miami’s cocaine wars.

Brett Forrest ESPN the Magazine Aug 2016 25min Permalink

Sports

The Education of Alex Rodriguez

A beaten man tries to come back from purgatory.

J.R. Moehringer ESPN the Magazine Feb 2015 20min Permalink

Business Crime Sports

The FBI vs. FIFA

How the feds flipped a corrupt American soccer official named Chuck Blazer and brought down the sport’s governing body.

Shaun Assael, Brett Forrest ESPN the Magazine Feb 2016 20min 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

Sports

“Why Him, Why Me?”

The death of a high school football player and the life that has followed for the kid who made the hit.

Eli Saslow ESPN the Magazine Nov 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

A Mystery Wrapped Inside an Enigma Shrouded in a Beard

A profile of James Harden, the Houston Rockets shooting guard that just signed a $200 million endorsement deal with Adidas.

Pablo S. Torre ESPN the Magazine Oct 2015 Permalink

Sports

Beyond the Breach

The people who survived Katrina, ten years later.

Wright Thompson ESPN the Magazine Aug 2015 25min Permalink

Sports

Believe in Featherbowling

“This is a story about the most magical, mystical sport on earth, and the Detroit lifer who improbably became its king. Also, it’s about an art heist.”

Chris Koentges ESPN the Magazine Jun 2015 15min Permalink

The Unkillable Demon King

A profile of the world’s best League of Legends player, a 19-year-old Korean kid whose nickname is God.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Jun 2015 10min Permalink

Sports

Welcome to Manny's World

Pacquiao and his entourage.

Pablo Torre ESPN the Magazine May 2015 25min Permalink

Sports

Isolation Play

For a few weeks a few years ago, Jeremy Lin was on top of the basketball world. Now he’s riding the bench, being taunted by Kobe Bryant, and trying to figure out what the hell happened.

Pablo S. Torre ESPN the Magazine Mar 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

The Man in the Van

Daniel Norris lives out of his car. He’s also the #1 pitching prospect for the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Eli Saslow on the Longform Podcast

Eli Saslow ESPN the Magazine Mar 2015 10min Permalink

A Life on the Edge

How Billy Walters, the world’s most successful gambler, keeps winning.

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More: The Longform Guide to Gambling

Mike Fish ESPN the Magazine Feb 2015 10min Permalink

Crime Sports

Free To Go

To save himself, a basketball recruit testified against his mother.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Oct 2014 10min Permalink

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