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When the best three months of your life are “called three of the uglier months in the recent history of the National Football League.”
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When the best three months of your life are “called three of the uglier months in the recent history of the National Football League.”
Elizabeth Merrill, Wayne Drehs ESPN Oct 2012 15min Permalink
A retired fighter worries that he has all the symptoms of CTE.
John Branch New York Times Jun 2016 Permalink
On the journey of 24-year-old Jose Fernandez, the Cuban defector turned Major League all-star, who died Sunday.
Jordan Ritter Conn Grantland Jul 2013 20min Permalink
A profile of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired in April after a video of him berating players went viral.
Jonathan Mahler New York Times Magazine Nov 2013 25min Permalink
A profile of Avishek Sengupta, who drowned at the Walk the Plank obstacle during an endurance race last year.
Elliott D. Woods Outside Dec 2013 30min Permalink
How a town of 4,000, defined by aviation catastrophe, produced three Olympic medallists.
Jeff Passan Yahoo Feb 2014 10min Permalink
In his first Major League at bat, Adam Greenberg was hit in the head with a fastball. He never made it back.
Barry Bearak New York Times Magazine Mar 2007 20min Permalink
Everything that happened before former NBA star Lamar Odom suffered multiple strokes on the floor of a Pahrump brothel.
Ramona Shelburne ESPN Oct 2015 15min Permalink
The disgraced former FIFA president tries to defend himself while eating boiled beef.
Malcolm More The Financial Times Oct 2015 10min Permalink
How a disgruntled group of University of Miami football fans got the head coach fired by flying insulting airplane banners high over Sun Life Stadium.
Jordan Ritter Conn ESPN Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the best snooker player in the world. He’s also the most tormented.
Sam Knight New Yorker Mar 2015 25min Permalink
On Amaris Tyynismaa, the 14-year-old star runner who has Tourette’s.
Duncan Murrell Huffington Post Highline May 2015 20min Permalink
The story of former Vikings linebacker Fred McNeill and the lasting impact of his concussions.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Mar 2011 Permalink
The Penn State sex abuse scandal as told through a father, a son and “Victim 1.”
Luke Dittrich Esquire Jun 2012 30min Permalink
On his journey from phenom to champion to wannabe rock star to Emmy-winning commentator, John McEnroe hasn’t changed much.
Julian Rubinstein New York Times Magazine Jan 2000 30min Permalink
The NBA’s most “irrationally confident” player tells his story.
Dion Waiters The Players' Tribune Apr 2017 10min Permalink
What it feels like to get hit by a major league fastball.
Tim Kurkjian ESPN Aug 2012 25min Permalink
Remembering the book that changed the way journalists covered the NBA.
Bryan Curtis The Ringer Jun 2017 15min Permalink
How the heaviest man in the NFL survived a life of pain and transformed his body after falling in love.
Joon Lee Bleacher Report Jul 2017 15min Permalink
On former Knicks savior Stephon Marbury and his post-NBA life playing in China.
Wells Tower GQ Apr 2011 25min Permalink
The behind-closed-doors story.
Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN Oct 2017 20min Permalink
An investigation into widespread denial, inaction, and information suppression of sexual assault and violence allegations at Michigan State.
Paula Lavigne, Nicole Noren ESPN Jan 2018 25min Permalink
On Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation, basketball is about much more than winning.
Abe Streep New York Times Magazine Apr 2018 35min Permalink
The 26-year-old is many things: New York Knicks center, devout Muslim, star of #NBATwitter, and enemy of the Turkish state.
Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Oct 2018 Permalink
One man’s quest to ride the strangest wave.
Jessica Camille Aguirre Deadspin Dec 2018 15min Permalink