The One-Legged Wrestler Who Conquered His Sport, Then Left It Behind
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The last escape of Anthony Roebles.
David Merrill Deadspin Mar 2013 25min Permalink
How a 100-mile footrace saved a beleaguered town.
Christopher McDougall 5280 Jun 2005 25min Permalink
The brief life and complicated death of Tommy Lasorda’s gay son.
Peter Richmond GQ Oct 1992 30min Permalink
Inside the Oscar Pistorius murder case.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair May 2013 30min Permalink
The story of Héctor Espino, the greatest hitter never to play in the majors.
Eric Nusbaum SB Nation May 2013 25min Permalink
A profile of the boxer Floyd Patterson, after a painful loss to Sonny Liston.
Gay Talese Esquire Mar 1964 35min Permalink
The baseball game that launched a career in fiction.
Haruki Murakami The Lit Hub Jun 2015 15min Permalink
The people who survived Katrina, ten years later.
Wright Thompson ESPN the Magazine Aug 2015 25min Permalink
On the quarterback everyone loves to hate.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ESPN Dec 2015 20min Permalink
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
After two cycling-related deaths, the social fitness network becomes a target.
David Darlington Bicycling Magazine Oct 2013 35min Permalink
A homegrown boxer sets his sights on the big time.
Brendan O'Connor BKLYNR Nov 2013 15min Permalink
How much time does Manny Pacquiao have left?
Brin-Jonathan Butler SB Nation Nov 2013 25min Permalink
The story of Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez’s flight from Cuba.
Brin-Jonathan Butler Victory Journal Sep 2013 Permalink
On goalies, and in particular, really good Finnish ones.
Chris Koentges The Atlantic Feb 2014 30min Permalink
A profile of Bob Fishman, the impresario of CBS’s NFL production crew.
Mark Bowden The Atlantic Feb 2009 20min Permalink
On the “unfair significance” of Jeremy Lin.
Jay Caspian Kang Grantland Feb 2012 10min Permalink
The inside story of Pennsylvania’s governor and the fall of Joe Paterno.
Don Van Natta Jr. ESPN Apr 2012 25min Permalink
The alchemy of predicting professional success, from quarterbacks to teachers.
Malcolm Gladwell New Yorker Dec 2008 25min Permalink
An investigation into the true identity of a high school basketball player.
Wright Thompson ESPN Apr 2012 Permalink
Irina Pavolva is trying to steer the Brooklyn Nets through a rough patch. Will she make it?
Louisa Thomas Grantland Feb 2015 35min Permalink
A beaten man tries to come back from purgatory.
J.R. Moehringer ESPN the Magazine Feb 2015 20min Permalink
A profile of a promising young runner.
Elizabeth Weil New York Times Magazine Mar 2015 15min Permalink
How Sepp Blatter controlled soccer.
Tariq Panja, Andrew Martin, Vernon Silver Bloomberg Business Apr 2015 20min Permalink
The story of a young man killed in Juarez.
Eric Nusbaum Pitchers and Poets Mar 2009 Permalink