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A profile of Jeremy Lin.
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A profile of Jeremy Lin.
Will Leitch GQ Oct 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of the postwar Bronx Bombers.
On LeBron James’s photographic memory.
Brian Windhorst ESPN Jul 2014 15min Permalink
A bicycling love story.
Steve Friedman Bicycling May 2015 25min Permalink
On mascots.
Spencer Hall Every Day Should Be Saturday Aug 2018 20min Permalink
Michael Phelps returns to his Olympic training after a 45-day stint at The Meadows.
Tim Layden Sports Illustrated Nov 2015 25min Permalink
He’s got 50,000 Instagram followers. He’s been offered several college scholarships. He just played his first high school basketball game.
Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Feb 2017 30min Permalink
Flashbacks from the life of Aaron Hernandez from the person who knew him best, his older brother Jonathan.
Michael Rosenberg Sports Illustrated Apr 2016 35min Permalink
The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.
Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Apr 2019 25min Permalink
In 1989, USC had a depth chart of a dozen linebackers. Five have died, each before age 50.
Michael Rosenberg Sports Illustrated Oct 2020 30min Permalink
Yasiel Puig’s journey to the Dodgers.
Jesse Katz Los Angeles Apr 2014 30min Permalink
An essay on Derek Jeter.
J.R. Moehringer ESPN Sep 2014 10min Permalink
Larry Brown’s mystifying, unpredictable career.
Neal Gabler Grantland Feb 2013 30min Permalink
A profile of 101-year-old marathoner Fauja Singh.
Jordan Conn ESPN Feb 2013 15min Permalink
The life of a mid-level bookie.
Doug Brown Cleveland Scene Dec 2013 20min Permalink
Mini-Currys and the future of basketball.
Danny Chau The Ringer Jun 2016 15min Permalink
A profile of football coach Jon Gruden.
Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Dec 2011 20min Permalink
The hidden history of poker and crypto.
Morgen Peck Breaker Oct 2018 20min Permalink
The brilliant, tragic life of Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers.
Tim Layden Sports Illustrated Jan 2010 25min Permalink
Amidst the football-obsessed culture of small-town Christian colleges in Kansas, a player is killed at a party.
Rolf Potts Sports Illustrated Nov 2012 35min Permalink
One year before his death, Mickey Mantle describes a life of drinking.
Jill Lieber, Mickey Mantle Sports Illustrated Apr 1994 20min Permalink
Basketball on a Crow reservation and a player named Jonathan Takes Enemy trying to escape.
Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Feb 1991 Permalink
The last great brawling sports team in America—Reggie, Catfish, Goose, Gator, and the Boss—remember their fallen leader.
Michael Paterniti Esquire Sep 1999 35min Permalink
The story of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Duke and Butler, and what would have been greatest shot in college basketball history.
Tim Layden Sports Illustrated Mar 2011 25min Permalink
A profile of Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, junior college transfer and Heisman Trophy frontrunner.
Lars Anderson Sports Illustrated Nov 2010 10min Permalink