Do You Really Still Hate Ryan Lochte?
On fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
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On fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
Allison Glock ESPN Jun 2017 15min Permalink
Seven months ago, an underdog Brazilian soccer team boarded a plane to play the game of their lives. They never made it.
Sam Borden ESPN Jun 2017 30min Permalink
“The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer.”
Will Boast VQR Jul 2017 20min Permalink
A profile of the leader of America’s bobsled team, who is competing in the Olympics months after the death of his mentor.
Nick Pachelli Esquire Feb 2018 10min Permalink
A profile of UConn basketball coach Geno Auriemma, who has not found peace despite unprecedented success.
Wright Thompson ESPN W Mar 2018 20min Permalink
“The job is to be enough of a personality that they want to know what you think.”
Vinson Cunningham New Yorker Jun 2018 20min Permalink
In her fight to end sexual abuse, the Olympic champion is challenging the very institutions she led to glory.
Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink
Riding along with the Mets broadcast trio, the main reason to watch the team.
By Devin Gordon New York Times Magazine Sep 2018 20min Permalink
Jason Dill is rebuilding one of the coolest skate brands on the planet, one hand-cut collage at a time.
Noah Johnson GQ Mar 2019 15min Permalink
Riding along with the cowgirls bringing women’s bronc riding back to the rodeo.
Jessica Camille Aguirre Deadspin Apr 2019 30min Permalink
The rise and fall of basketball player Daniel “Gus” Gerard.
Casey Taylor Deadspin Apr 2019 25min Permalink
(It’s PB&J.)
Baxter Holmes ESPN Mar 2017 15min Permalink
Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?
“Wonder Boy” is heading to the NBA, and he’s out to change how we think about European imports.
Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Apr 2018 15min Permalink
An amateur sleuth tracks runners who cheat. But how far should he go?
Gordy Megroz Wired Feb 2020 15min Permalink
Mountain athletes face death and grief more often than most of us. One therapist thinks he can help.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Feb 2020 20min Permalink
On Bill May, considered to be the greatest male synchronized swimmer who ever lived, and his long quest for Olympic gold.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ESPN Mar 2016 20min Permalink
On the start of the high school football season in Odessa, Texas. An adaptation published alongside the release of Bissinger’s 1990 book of the same name, which led to the movie and the show.
Buzz Bissinger Sports Illustrated Sep 1990 25min Permalink
A trip to Turkey for a soccer game between bitter rivals and its accompanying madness.
Spencer Hall SB Nation Apr 2014 30min Permalink
“Someone has sliced open soccer’s hourglass, and the sand has come pouring out on to the streets.”
Supriya Nair Roads & Kingdoms May 2014 Permalink
How coach Jurgen Klinsmann, “soccer’s Alexis de Tocqueville,” is trying to give the US an identity.
Matthew Futterman Wall Street Journal Jun 2014 10min Permalink
A 16-year-old runner, her coach and the lasting memory of an improbable race.
Steve Friedman Runner's World Dec 2012 30min Permalink
A profile of Costa Rica’s most famous bull, who is responsible for two riders’ deaths and a brand of craft beer.
Ashley Harrell, Lindsay Fendt SB Nation May 2013 20min Permalink
The story of a St. Louis handball court.
Jessica Lussenhop Riverfront Times Jun 2013 Permalink
The murder of an Olympic champion and the autopsy that shook a city.
Matt Tullis SB Nation Jun 2013 30min Permalink