What It's Like To Navigate The NFL's Concussion Settlement Hellscape
The NFL is doing everything it can to avoid paying former players who have dementia.
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The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.
Bikes vs. Cars: The Deadly War Nobody's Winning
Riding along with the cycling lawyer who’s trying to change that.
The NBA's Secret Addiction
(It’s PB&J.)
The Ridiculous Saga of Lance Armstrong, the Cheater Who Became an Enemy of the State
It’s worse than you thought.
Duel in the Sun
The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
Pure Heart
The life and death of the racehorse Secretariat.
The Silent Season of a Hero
The complicated post-retirement life of Joe DiMaggio.
Luka Doncic Is No Darko Milicic
“Wonder Boy” is heading to the NBA, and he’s out to change how we think about European imports.
What the Arlee Warriors Were Playing For
On Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation, basketball is about much more than winning.
Dead Man Rising
On the eve of his 26th WrestleMania appearance, friends, colleagues, and victims of the WWE’s longest-reigning superstar talk about the making of the Undertaker.
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.
Pretending to Be Okay
A profile of UConn basketball coach Geno Auriemma, who has not found peace despite unprecedented success.
The Boy Who Lived on Edges
“He stood on edges. He skied edges. He climbed edges.”
The Immortal Horizon
The story of the 100-mile Barkley Marathons.
“What makes it so bad? No trail, for one. A cumulative elevation gain that’s nearly twice the height of Everest.”
Why Would Anyone Kayak Across an Ocean — at 70?
Aleksander Doba has spent a great deal of time alone, naked and blistered, aboard a very small boat in the middle of the ocean. It is his favorite thing to do.
Why a Soccer Star Is Happy to Leave the Sport
Per Mertesacker walks away.
New York City Hoops Are No Stranger to Basketball Scandals
The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.
Suicides, Drug Addiction and High School Football
“We need your help,” she said.
Ball Breakers
“The reason women-only billiards tournaments exist is not because the players can’t beat men. It’s because they can.”
The Running Novelist
On learning to jog.
When Winter Never Ends
The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
Everyone Is Going Through Something
On mental health and professional sports.
Talent to Burn
Five stories about Nick Kyrgios, tennis’ misunderstood genius.
The Legend of Black Superman
In the 1980s, Billy Ray Bates, once dubbed “the Legend,” drank himself out of the NBA and ended up playing in the Philippines. For a few wild years, his legend grew—both on the court and in the bars.
