Can the king of ultrarunning conquer a race as short as the marathon?

A conversation with the former player, and new coach, about basketball, Beijing, and being understood.

Happy 59th! Or is it 58th? Cracking the mystery of Don Mattingly’s birthday.

A legendary chef and the wheels he left behind.

It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.

The story of imprisoned boxer James Scott, who contended for the light heavyweight title by staging fights inside Rahway prison.

Meet Gene Locks, the onetime Princeton quarterback suing the NFL on behalf of 4,000 former players.

How Singaporean mobster Tan Seet Eng, aka Dan Tan, and a global network of fixers influenced as many 680 soccer matches at the highest levels.

The story of Tim Danielson, one of America’s top high school distance runners, who went on to murder his ex-wife.

A trip to the French island of Réunion to report on a bloody battle between surfers and sharks.

Charles Pierce’s classic GQ profile of Tiger Woods, annotated.

“He has hit rock bottom, and he just hasn’t accepted it yet.” Basketball’s iconoclast is a broke recluse at 37.

How a financial advisor for NHL players may have orchestrated a massive fraud.

How to buy college football players, in the words of a man who delivers the money.

A profile of Bosnian striker Vedad Ibisevic, who has come home after escaping the war more than 20 years ago.

How a bipolar diagnosis follows you from the top to the bottom of professional basketball.

A 2011 profile of LeBron James, originally meant to run in Port, that was killed by Nike.

Erik Weihenmayer has climbed Mount Everest, raced across the Moroccan desert, and is about to kayak the Grand Canyon’s deadliest rapids—all without being able to see.

An investigation into who knew what, and when.

The story of a rookie clinging to his dream, as told by his uncle.

Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra’s on-field brilliance and private-life disasters, from drunk driving to failed investment and publishing ventures.

On high school basketball star Chris Tang and the pressures of being the “Great Yellow Hope.”

In search of the former boxing champ, who refuses to believe he has HIV.

The realities of the fighting life.

Meggett was an All-Pro running back for the New York Giants. He was also a serial rapist.