Trey Mancini's Remarkable Return
How the Baltimore Orioles first baseman overcame stage 3 colon cancer.
Search
Showing 25 articles matching sports illustrated.
Susan Casey is the former editor of O and the author of three New York Times bestselling books. Her latest is Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins.
“The funny thing is people often say, ‘You must be fearless.’ I’m always afraid of whatever it is. But for whatever reason—I think it’s partly naïvety, partly just overwhelming curiosity—I am also not going to let fear stop me from doing things even if I feel it. Unless it’s that pure…you do have to listen to your body sometimes if it tells you not to do something that could result in you really never coming up from falling on that 70-foot wave.”
Thanks to MailChimp, HelloFresh, and Squarespace, and for sponsoring this week's episode.
Seth Wickersham is a senior writer for ESPN. His latest article is "For Kraft, Brady and Belichick, Is This the Beginning of the End?"
“You want to write about something real. I hate stories that are, the tension of the story is, talk radio perception versus the reality that I see when I’m with somebody. I can’t stand those stories because to me, you’re just writing about the ether versus a real person, and that’s not a real tension to me. The inner tensions are the best tensions. You can’t get to them with everybody, but you try.”
Thanks to MailChimp and Mubi for sponsoring this week's episode.
When Does Chanting A Soccer Team's Nickname Become A Crime?
Policing Tottenham Hotspur fans.
In Kenya, Running With Chinese Characteristics
The Chinese team heads to the home of elite running.
I Was the Worst High School Quarterback Ever
The author examines his terrible football career.
Urban Meyer will be home for dinner
A new chapter for Ohio State’s football coach.
Follow the Money
The evolution and economics of English football.
Playboy Interview: Michael Jordan
A conversation with a 29-year-old approaching his apex.
His Game, His Rules
A profile of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
The Man Who Pierced the Sky
On Felix Baumgartner and his 24-mile jump.
My Dinner With Ali
A writer’s chance meeting with his idol.
Elegy of a Race Car Driver
The life and sudden death of NASCAR’s Dick Trickle.
There's No Crying at the Pee Wee Super Bowl
The rigors of youth football.
Qatar Chronicles
A trip to the 2022 World Cup host nation.
Wilderness Women
The wild competition to be “worshipped” by Alaska’s most eligible bachelors.
The Steroid Hunt
What baseball writers did during the steroid era.
G-L-O-R-Y!
Behind-the-scenes the Cincinnati Ben-Gal cheerleaders.
Damned Yankee
Was Steinbrenner’s Partner the “Madoff of Memorabilia”? Inside a collector’s hoax.
The Malice at the Palace
An oral history of the Pacers/Pistons melee in 2004.
Short-Fused and Explosive
A profile of Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli.
Champion of the Underworld
Bobby Gunn has fought 71 illicit bare-knuckle boxing matches. He’s never lost.
A Story of Perseverance
How ESPN anchor Stuart Scott battled cancer.
The Last True Days of Kobe Bryant
A playoff push. A torn Achilles.
The Official Coming-Out Party
How Bill Kennedy, the only openly gay referee in the NBA, came out.
