Two years ago, the climbing photographer known as Nathan Smith saw no way out, after struggling for years with gender-identity issues in the male-dominated outdoor industry. Then—slowly, bravely—Nikki introduced herself to the world.
Skiing and partying at the sport’s most dangerous race.
How coach Gregg Popovich’s love of fine wine led to a 20-year run of success in the NBA.
The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.
The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
A profile of Tiger Woods at 21.
The rise and fall of basketball player Daniel “Gus” Gerard.
“I know that, as a white man, I have to hold my fellow white men accountable.”
How Craig Carton, a morning host on WFAN, ended up running a Ponzi scheme.
At age 17, Bonnie Richardson won the Texas state track team championship all by herself. Then she did it again.
Riding along with the cowgirls bringing women’s bronc riding back to the rodeo.
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.
The joys of watching baseball.
Jason Dill is rebuilding one of the coolest skate brands on the planet, one hand-cut collage at a time.
A trip to the Iditarod.
In 2017, the Hall of Fame Louisville coach’s career collapsed under a string of scandals, leading to his firing from the school he had coached for 16 years. Now, Pitino is finding himself in Greece, coaching Panathinaikos, working for a self-styled Bond villain, and enjoying a new chapter of his life.
How do you move on from being the best?
In 2007, NBA ref Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games he officiated. But it was never proved that he fixed them—until now.
"The functionality, the quantity, the aesthetics of your bathrooms is critical. It seems unremarkable to most people, but, trust me, you invite 70,000 people to your house and you get the bathrooms wrong—you've got a huge problem."
These women want the right to compete in big-wave contests—and get paid as much as men do.
He was on a flight bound for the English Premier League. Then he was gone.
Pat Gallant-Charette is 68. She’s on a quest to beat marathon swimming’s globe-spanning challenge.
I’m a 36-year-old grown-ass man, and I’m about to start crying on the plane coming back from Game 4. That’s how bad I want it.
A lifelong runner is hit with a mysterious physical breakdown and forced to begin contemplating the end.
An oral history of the most important deal in sports TV history, when Rupert Murdoch and Fox stole the NFL and John Madden out from under the Big Three networks and launched a television empire.
