An attempt at writing about the football coach.

In Argentina, where the fútbol underworld controls everything from t-shirt vending to murder, and “rowdy gangs” have turned the stadium into a battleground.

How pitching phenom Steve Carlton became a yoga-loving conspiracy theorist who calls a concrete bunker his home.

An oral history of the 2003 World Series of Poker, as poker went mainstream in America and online players invaded the competition.

A profile of Dennis Rodman today.

On the dangerous glut of visitors looking to conquer Mt. Everest, where there is sometimes a two-hour wait to climb the Hillary Step.

A profile of Chuck Blazer, “the man who built — and bilked — American soccer.”

Once their careers end, pro wrestlers often fall into emotional and physical disrepair. One of their own, Diamond Dallas Page, has a fix.

“The whole thing has a sort of Taylor Swift-meets-jihad feel.”

Inside the paranoid world of Nike headquarters, where people are worried that Adidas might finally be capable of taking over the sneaker industry.

How an amateur photographer documented the greatest achievement in track and field history.

How a woman whose muscles disappeared discovered she shared a disease with a muscle-bound Olympic medalist.

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

The unexpected evolution of Olympic medalist Debi Thomas.

The original article on Billy Beane and the Oakland A’s, published a month before the release of Moneyball.

Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.

Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?

On the death of a high school basketball star in New York City.

It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”

An ode to professional basketball players and why pro ball is the best ball of all.

For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.

He was the consensus #1 pick in last year’s NBA draft. Then, seemingly overnight, he forgot how to shoot.

How getting back into serious cycling helped the author heal as his marriage unraveled.

On the eve of his 26th WrestleMania appearance, friends, colleagues, and victims of the WWE’s longest-reigning superstar talk about the making of the Undertaker.