Serena Williams’s Love Match
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How LeBron and Kyrie orchestrate the NBA's scariest play
Zach Lowe goes deep inside the most dangerous version of the NBA's most dangerous play: Kyrie Irving and LeBron James in a 1-3 pick-and-roll. Well, at least until Steph Curry and Kevin Durant decide to finally unleash it in Golden State.
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Can Cody Bellinger continue Dodgers' tradition of Rookie of the Year winners?
From a skinny high school first baseman to a rising slugger in the majors, Bellinger is fast becoming L.A.'s newest young star.
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Best offseason acquisition for all 32 NFL teams
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The NBA's culture warriors
The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs aren't just fighting for the Western Conference title. They're fighting for the soul of the game.
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Run on Jon Lester? Not with Willson Contreras behind the plate
The biggest change now that Lester has a new personal catcher comes when opposing teams try to take advantage of the Cubs lefty on the basepaths.
Do You Really Still Hate Ryan Lochte?
On fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
How The Jordan Rules Created the Era of NBA Gossip
Remembering the book that changed the way journalists covered the NBA.
The Unthinkable Fate of Chapecoense
Seven months ago, an underdog Brazilian soccer team boarded a plane to play the game of their lives. They never made it.
The Horrors of Getting Hit by a Pitch
What it feels like to get hit by a major league fastball.
The Greatest, At Rest
The planning of Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
The Running Novelist
On learning to jog.
At Home With the Best Surfer on the Planet
A profile of 24-year-old John John Florence.
The Dictator's Team
How Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian government has woven soccer into its grisly campaign of oppression.
Rules of Ascent
For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.
The Toughest Coach There Ever Was
“Robert Victor Sullivan, whom you’ve surely never heard of, was the toughest coach of them all. He was so tough he had to have two tough nicknames, Bull and Cyclone, and his name was usually recorded this way: coach Bob “Bull” “Cyclone” Sullivan or coach Bob (Bull) (Cyclone) Sullivan. Also, at times he was known as Big Bob or Shotgun. He was the most unique of men, and yet he remains utterly representative of a time that has vanished, from the gridiron and from these United States.”
The Future of Football
“Football as we know it is done, because the lawyers are here.”
The U.S. Gymnastics System Wanted More Medals, and Created a Culture of Abuse to Get Them
“The sex abuse is a symptom of a culture that does not allow the athletes to have their voice.”
The NBA Is Lucky I'm Home Doing Damn Articles
The NBA’s most “irrationally confident” player tells his story.
Pat Riley's Final Test
He has been in the NBA for 50 years. He’s won nine championships. And he can’t walk away.
Steve Kerr Is the King of Cool
A profile of the Golden State Warriors head coach.
Jonathan and Aaron
Flashbacks from the life of Aaron Hernandez from the person who knew him best, his older brother Jonathan.
Rapture of the Deep
Carried away by love—for risk and for each other—two of the world’s best freedivers went to the limits of their sport. Only one came back.
Duel in the Sun
The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
Sin City or Bust
How the Raiders got to Las Vegas.
'You Can't Give In'
What former NBA coach Monty Williams learned in the wake of losing his wife.
What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?
Ted Williams grows old.
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
A profile of a previously unknown rookie pitcher for the Mets who dropped out of Harvard, made a spiritual quest to Tibet, and somewhere along the line figured out how to throw a baseball much, much faster than anyone else on Earth.
ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They’re Not Really Into It
In the era of cord-cutting and mobile viewing, ESPN is at the crossroads.
24 Hours... With Adam Schefter
A day with ESPN’s NFL scoopmaster.
