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The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
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The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
John Brant Runner's World Apr 2004 30min Permalink
Skiing and partying at the sport’s most dangerous race.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Apr 2019 25min Permalink
The best women’s soccer team in the world fights for equal pay.
Lizzy Goodman New York Times Magazine Jun 2019 25min Permalink
The family history behind college football’s most talked-about player.
Timothy Burke Deadspin Aug 2013 15min Permalink
One man’s quest to stop horse racing deaths.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Sep 2019 30min Permalink
Can one agonizing defeat destroy a life?
Matthew Stanmyre NJ.com Dec 2019 30min Permalink
A former NBA player describes his own unraveling.
Ben Gordon The Player's Tribune Feb 2020 10min Permalink
A profile of Brooks Koepka.
Daniel Riley GQ Feb 2020 25min Permalink
A season with the New England Patriots’ 37-year-old quarterback.
Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Jan 2015 30min Permalink
A letter from the coronavirus quarantine.
Wright Thompson ESPN Mar 2020 30min Permalink
How a Zoom call with Tamika Catchings affirmed everything.
Dan Hajducky ESPN May 2021 20min Permalink
A 2018 profile of the tennis star.
Louisa Thomas Racquet Mar 2018 Permalink
Can the International Swimming League take on the IOC and Vladimir Putin?
Alex Perry Outside Apr 2021 50min Permalink
On the retirement of Ted Williams.
John Updike New Yorker Oct 1960 25min Permalink
A profile of the gymnast.
Dvora Meyers Vice Aug 2020 30min Permalink
Or, the perils of promoting a middle schooler’s basketball skills. An excerpt from Play Their Hearts Out.
George Dohrmann Sports Illustrated Sep 2010 Permalink
His savvy on a longboard earned him trophies. His burglary of the Natural History museum in New York earned him headlines. And his brutality on a Florida boat 50-odd years ago earned him a lifetime in prison. Now: What does penance get you?
Brian Burnsed Sports Illustrated Apr 2020 Permalink
More than 40 years ago, pioneering author Jim Fixx’s best-selling book brought jogging to the masses, espousing its physical and emotional benefits. Now, those themes resonate more than ever with a homebound society.
Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated May 2020 25min Permalink
With only a single breath, Alexey Molchanov, history’s most daring freediver, is reaching improbable depths—and discovering a new kind of enlightenment as he conquers one of the world’s wildest sports.
Daniel Riley GQ Sep 2021 30min Permalink
A season with the American Football League of China.
Christopher Beam The New Republic Apr 2014 30min Permalink
The Muay Thai fighters of Klong Prem.
Matthew Shaer Men's Journal Apr 2014 15min Permalink
A Jamaican cricket legend bowls in Brooklyn.
Alex Vadukul New York Times Sep 2014 10min Permalink
The relationship between Buffalo and its team.
Ben Austen Grantland Nov 2012 35min Permalink
A season with the best 12-year-old football team in Texas.
Bryan Curtis Texas Monthly Jan 2013 35min Permalink
On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.
David Shoemaker Deadspin Apr 2011 15min Permalink