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How Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann revolutionized sports broadcasting with SportsCenter.
Bryan Curtis The Ringer Sep 2019 25min Permalink
How much can athletes really make in niche sports? A whole lot more than you might think.
David Gardner The Ringer Jun 2021 25min Permalink
Barry Zito, profiled.
Chris Jones Esquire Jun 2002 10min Permalink
A profile of Luis Suarez.
Wright Thompson ESPN Jun 2014 10min Permalink
100 miles, 24 hours.
On domestic violence and the NFL.
Louisa Thomas Grantland Sep 2014 10min Permalink
The reverberations of an avalanche.
Joe O’Connor National Post Sep 2014 15min Permalink
The Vancouver riots and an unforgettable image.
Chris Ballard Sports Illustrated Dec 2011 20min Permalink
The planning of Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
The rise and fall of CrossFit’s science crusader.
Stephanie M. Lee Buzzfeed Jun 2018 20min Permalink
On the origins of Michael Jordan.
Wright Thompson ESPN May 2020 25min Permalink
On learning to jog.
Haruki Murakami New Yorker Jun 2008 20min Permalink
“This is the story of Billy Conn, who won the girl he loved but lost the best fight ever.”
Frank Deford Sports Illustrated Jun 1985 Permalink
A 58-year-old diabetic and his team of amateur rugby players attempt to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics in rowing.
Erik Malinowski Fox Sports Jan 2015 50min Permalink
Argentina’s Lio Messi, the best soccer player on the planet, stands all of 5’7” and needed growth-hormone injections to get there.
S.L. Price Sports Illustrated May 2010 20min Permalink
With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.
L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Nov 2016 25min Permalink
On boxer Canelo Alvarez.
Jay Caspian Kang Grantland Sep 2012 Permalink
What happens when a runner loses his feet?
Frank Bures Runner's World Feb 2014 30min Permalink
Vindication for an awkward art.
Ben McGrath New Yorker May 2004 20min Permalink
When the Champ met Castro.
Gay Talese Esquire Sep 1996 30min Permalink
An investigation.
David Fleming ESPN Jul 2017 10min Permalink
The joys of watching baseball.
Roger Angell The Summer Game Feb 1971 20min Permalink
A profile.
Zach Baron GQ Nov 2021 20min Permalink
Tom Emanski changed the sport of baseball, his iconic instructional videos a mainstay on ESPN. Then he disappeared.
Erik Malinowski Fox Sports Jul 2014 20min Permalink
A father and his 9-year-old daughter watch Harvard play Yale in football.
George Plimpton Sports Illustrated Nov 1981 Permalink