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A profile of the NFL quarterback gone bust.
John Cagney Nash Playboy Sep 2013 20min Permalink
Two very different fates at the Chicago Marathon.
David Fleming ESPN Oct 2013 30min Permalink
The death of a runner and the “ongoing culture war between fitness enthusiasts and automobiles.”
Luke Cyphers SB Nation Feb 2014 25min Permalink
On former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, who died Saturday, and his battle with dementia.
Tommy Tomlinson ESPN Mar 2014 10min Permalink
On the talent, ego, and late father of Bryant Gumbel.
Rick Reilly Sports Illustrated Sep 1988 20min Permalink
On witnessing an incredible junior college basketball game 23 years ago in North Dakota.
Chuck Klosterman Grantland Jun 2011 15min Permalink
A profile of Barry Bonds published as the steroid talk intensified.
David Grann New York Times Magazine Sep 2002 30min Permalink
Live from Kingston for Frazier vs. Foreman.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Feb 1973 15min Permalink
Ricky Williams today.
Lindsey Adler Buzzfeed Sep 2015 15min Permalink
Surviving the earthquake in Nepal – on Mount Everest.
Svati Kirsten Narula Quartz Sep 2015 25min Permalink
A profile of Henry Hook, the world’s best crossword puzzler, who died this week.
Burkhard Bilger New Yorker Mar 2002 25min Permalink
A profile of the UFC fighter after her first loss.
Ramona Shelburne ESPNw Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Ashima Shiraishi is the most talented rock climber in the world. She’s also 14.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Jan 2016 20min Permalink
Inside the world of bass fishing cheaters.
David Hill Grantland Dec 2014 25min Permalink
The flawed data on safety equipment.
Patrick Hruby Washingtonian Dec 2014 20min Permalink
An essay on Floyd Mayweather Jr. as both.
Louisa Thomas Grantland Apr 2015 15min Permalink
One man’s stories from the early days of the NBA.
Matt Kalman The Classical Apr 2012 15min Permalink
The political fight over a new football stadium in Minnesota.
Steve Marsh Grantland May 2012 25min Permalink
How one girl saved a football season in a small, rural town in Texas.
Elizabeth Merrill ESPN the Magazine Aug 2017 15min Permalink
The origins of an explorer.
Spencer Hall SB Nation Feb 2018 25min Permalink
Five stories about Nick Kyrgios, tennis’ misunderstood genius.
Richard Cooke The Monthly Mar 2018 25min Permalink
Glory, grief, and the race for the Triple Crown.
John Jeremiah Sullivan Harper's Oct 2002 1h Permalink
The improbable rise of Dallas Wings star Liz Cambage.
Mirin Fader Bleacher Report Aug 2018 15min Permalink
The precarious existence of NFL placekickers.
Michael Lewis Play Oct 2007 30min Permalink
On the NBA’s most modern avatar.
Clay Skipper GQ Oct 2018 20min Permalink