Can a December marathon in Northern Maine, organized by an eccentric long-distance runner, make a difference to a former mill town?

Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he owes his career to his mom. When you hear her remarkable story of survival, you’ll understand his devotion.

On sleep deprivation in the NBA.

Inside an international Mormon ticket reselling ring.

One teammate made tennis his whole life. The other had a grandfather whose company invented Hot Pockets. Guess which one went to Georgetown as a Division I recruit.

This presentation was shown to potential recruits for the new Maven SI venture, and it details exactly how the people now in charge of Sports Illustrated plan on turning it into the sort of volume-driven content farm that ruled the web a dozen or so tweaks of the Google algorithm ago.

Ex-Ivy Leaguer and NFL-er Jeff Hatch spent years telling audiences of his triumph over opioid addiction, to great acclaim. Then as the rehab center he worked at drew national attention, a tortuous backstory of cops, dealers and deception came to light.

The untold story of Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s two visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.

A visit to the massive Northern California surf break.

One man’s quest to stop horse racing deaths.

In an instant it was gone.

Mexico is now importing lots of its baseball talent from America.

The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.

In 2007, 47 dogs were rescued from an illegal dogfighting ring organized by NFL quarterback Michael Vick. They could have been euthanized. Instead, they became family pets.

How to lose weight while barely moving.

The biggest stars in the world are pledging their brains. Young players are leaving the game with their destinies unfulfilled. The stories they tell spark fear and raise questions. And the science hasn’t even begun to provide answers.

Do not assume, just because there is champagne and whiskey and maybe, sometimes, drugs, that these shuckers aren’t also thinking long and hard, and often poetically, about their métier.

On life after you accomplish your lifelong goal.

To some, Baltimore Jack’s choice to live off the grid was irresponsible. Others celebrated that he’d managed to break the shackles of convention. We look back on the life of an AT antihero.

How Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann revolutionized sports broadcasting with SportsCenter.

The W.N.B.A. is putting on some of the best pro basketball in America.

A profile of Tyshawn Jones, “one of the most exciting skateboarders in a generation.”

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

Inside the world of competitive darts.

How the first Williams sister changed the course of women’s tennis.