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The Right Thing to Do vs. The State of Florida

After Devaughn Darling died during a workout with the Florida State football team, his family was awarded a payout of $2 million. That was 13 years ago. Only $200,000 has come.

Michael Kruse SB Nation Aug 2014 25min Permalink

Sports

The Rise of Beefcake Yoga

Once their careers end, pro wrestlers often fall into emotional and physical disrepair. One of their own, Diamond Dallas Page, has a fix.

Alex French New York Times Magazine Aug 2014 15min Permalink

Crime Sports

MLB Game-Fixing Investigation Uncovers Lies, Luck and Hard Feelings

This is what happens when you concoct game-fixing allegations against a Major League pitcher because of a perceived slight on Facebook.

Lance Williams, Brian Tuohy Center for Investigative Reporting Aug 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Money in the Bank

Professional wrestling as the epitome of American capitalism.

Dan O'Sullivan Jacobin Aug 2014 25min Permalink

Sports

What Drives Danny Thompson?

To understand why a 64-year-old man would try and break the land speed record by traveling hundreds of miles per hour, you need to know a little something about his family.

Ann O'Neill CNN Aug 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

While The World Watched

The World Cup and Argentina’s “Dirty War.”

Wright Thompson ESPN the Magazine Jun 2014 10min Permalink

Crime Sports

Gold In The Mud

The story of imprisoned boxer James Scott, who contended for the light heavyweight title by staging fights inside Rahway prison.

Brin-Jonathan Butler, Kurt Emhoff SB Nation Mar 2014 40min Permalink

Sports

An Idiot in Exile

Johnny Damon, after baseball.

Pat Jordan Sports on Earth Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Blind Ambition

Erik Weihenmayer has climbed Mount Everest, raced across the Moroccan desert, and is about to kayak the Grand Canyon’s deadliest rapids—all without being able to see.

Chris Norris Men's Journal Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Awakening the Giant

Y.A. Tittle, an 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback with dementia, travels to his hometown for the last time.

Seth Wickersham ESPN Jul 2014 Permalink

Sports

Pitchman

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

Crime Sports

The Many Crimes of Mel Hall

A flamboyant player, a charismatic coach, and a sex predator.

Greg Hanlon SB Nation Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Foul Territory

A father who brought his daughter to a ballgame and the fallout from a foul ball.

Christine Van Dusen Atlanta Magazine Jul 2014 15min Permalink

Sports

Just Undo It

A 2011 profile of LeBron James, originally meant to run in Port, that was killed by Nike.

Benjamin Markovits Deadspin Jul 2014 30min Permalink

Sports

The Loser

A profile of the boxer Floyd Patterson, after a painful loss to Sonny Liston.

Gay Talese Esquire Mar 1964 35min Permalink

Crime Sports

Run and Gun

How Javaris Crittenton went from basketball phenom to standing trial on a murder charge.

Flinder Boyd Fox Sports Jun 2014 30min Permalink

Sports

The Third Man

A profile of Novak Djokovic.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Sep 2013 35min Permalink

Sports

The Toughest Footrace in the World

100 miles, 24 hours.

Lee Green Outside Jul 1980 15min Permalink

Sports

Astro-Matic Baseball

Inside a struggling franchise’s radical rebuilding project.

Ben Reiter Sports Illustrated Jun 2014 Permalink

Sports

Why We Play

The allure of dangerous sports.

Eva Holland SB Nation Jun 2014 20min Permalink

Sports

Portrait of a Serial Winner

A profile of Luis Suarez.

Wright Thompson ESPN Jun 2014 10min Permalink

Sports

The Faded Smile

Eddie Griffin made it to the NBA. Then his life began to unravel.

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Jonathan Abrams Grantland Jun 2014 45min Permalink

Sports World

Heroes for Sale

A final visit with late boxer Teófilo Stevenson, who could have fought or even been Muhammad Ali had he not stayed in Cuba.

Brin-Jonathan Butler SB Nation Jun 2014 30min Permalink

Sports

Soccer, Made in America

How coach Jurgen Klinsmann, “soccer’s Alexis de Tocqueville,” is trying to give the US an identity.

Matthew Futterman Wall Street Journal Jun 2014 10min Permalink

Science Sports

Why Isn’t Delonte West in the NBA?

How a bipolar diagnosis follows you from the top to the bottom of professional basketball.

David Haglund Slate Jun 2014 40min Permalink

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