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Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?
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Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?
David Epstein ProPublica May 2015 20min Permalink
On the death of a high school basketball star in New York City.
Jonathan Abrams Grantland Nov 2011 20min Permalink
It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”
Rick Paulas The Awl May 2012 15min Permalink
An ode to professional basketball players and why pro ball is the best ball of all.
Pasha Malla The Morning News Jun 2008 15min Permalink
During his career, Josh Luchs gave college athletes thousands in cash, meals, and trips. Now he’s retiring and coming clean.
George Dohrmann Sports Illustrated Oct 2010 30min Permalink
For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.
Paul Sagar Aeon May 2017 15min Permalink
He was the consensus #1 pick in last year’s NBA draft. Then, seemingly overnight, he forgot how to shoot.
Kylle Neubeck Philly Voice Feb 2018 25min Permalink
How getting back into serious cycling helped the author heal as his marriage unraveled.
Andrew Tilin Outside Apr 2014 15min Permalink
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.
Thomas Golianopoulos The Ringer Apr 2018 20min Permalink
One of the most accomplished Himalayan guides works at an outdoor retailer in Lower Manhattan.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Jul 2018 25min Permalink
Pat Gallant-Charette is 68. She’s on a quest to beat marathon swimming’s globe-spanning challenge.
Will Grunewald Down East Jan 2018 15min Permalink
How do you move on from being the best?
Genna Buck The Walrus Feb 2019 20min Permalink
How the first Williams sister changed the course of women’s tennis.
Elizabeth Weil New York Times Magazine Aug 2019 30min Permalink
The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.
Julian Smith Deadspin Sep 2019 20min Permalink
The untold story of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s two visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.
May Jeong Vanity Fair Oct 2019 30min Permalink
A profile of Mo Isom, a former goalie on the LSU women’s soccer team now trying to kick for the football team.
Jordan Conn Grantland Aug 2012 30min Permalink
Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2020 20min Permalink
Stories of African Americans playing in a city that has struggled with racism
Marc J. Spears The Undefeated Feb 2020 25min Permalink
In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.
Mina Kimes ESPN Oct 2016 20min Permalink
“His life with the virus would be his witness, his public testimony. Performance as life, and life as performance.”
Charles P. Pierce GQ Feb 1993 25min Permalink
On the life and legacy of one of soccer’s legends, who died Wednesday.
Brian Phillips The Ringer Oct 2019 35min Permalink
A brutal, bloody hunt. A ghastly, devastating attack. And a state left divided on what to do about its 2,500 black bears.
Brian Burnsed Sports Illustrated Feb 2021 Permalink
The author and his daughter make a pilgrimage to witness greatness.
Kevin Van Valkenburg ESPN Jun 2021 10min Permalink
An ocean race from the Olympic Peninsula to Alaska, with no motors allowed.
Abe Streep Outside Oct 2015 20min Permalink
Troughout his life, Hernández has been known as one thing: a soccer player. But last year, that identifier stopped being enough.
Mirin Fader The Ringer Oct 2021 Permalink