One of the most accomplished Himalayan guides works at an outdoor retailer in Lower Manhattan.

Pat Gallant-Charette is 68. She’s on a quest to beat marathon swimming’s globe-spanning challenge.

How do you move on from being the best?

How the first Williams sister changed the course of women’s tennis.

The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.

The untold story of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s two visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.

A profile of Mo Isom, a former goalie on the LSU women’s soccer team now trying to kick for the football team.

Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.

Stories of African Americans playing in a city that has struggled with racism

In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.

“His life with the virus would be his witness, his public testimony. Performance as life, and life as performance.”

On the life and legacy of one of soccer’s legends, who died Wednesday.

The author and his daughter make a pilgrimage to witness greatness.

An ocean race from the Olympic Peninsula to Alaska, with no motors allowed.

Troughout his life, Hernández has been known as one thing: a soccer player. But last year, that identifier stopped being enough.

A Little League season in Camden, New Jersey, where the murder rate is 17 times the national average.

A lesson in ethics.

The lost dream of Korleone Young, a high school basketball star who skipped college and flamed out after only one NBA season.

A basketball player, broke and without a Plan B, travels across the country for one last shot at glory.

What did soccer have to do with two brutal murders after a pickup game?

Searching for the real reason why a bunch of kids partying at the empty home of an NFL player became a national story.

The Giants' miraculous 1951 comeback wasn't all that it seemed.

Previously: The Longform Guide to Cheaters.

How good is Julian Newman, really?

After the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Ring Lardner, America’s first great sportswriter, walked away from the game.

The inner workings of a high school basketball team stacked with international talent.