Over the past 33 years, Dick Hoyt has pushed, pulled and carried his disabled son, Rick, through more than 1,000 road races and triathlons, including 28 Boston Marathons. But as time bears down on them, how much longer can they keep it up?

An ode to the fastball and the pitchers who throw it best.

The story of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Duke and Butler, and what would have been greatest shot in college basketball history.

A profile of the highest paid coach in college basketball. A pioneer of one-and-done recruiting, Calipari is also the only coach in NCAA history to have two runs to the Final Four removed from the record books for rules violations.

The bizarre tale–and unlikely turnaround–of an NHL player who tried to have his youth coach murdered.

A 15-year-old dies shortly after collapsing from heatstroke during a high school football practice. Was it has coach’s fault? The state thought so, and put him on trial.

A profile of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, written at the midpoint of his career.

On the suicide of a promising professional golfer.

A profile of Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, junior college transfer and Heisman Trophy frontrunner.

During his career, Josh Luchs gave college athletes thousands in cash, meals, and trips. Now he’s retiring and coming clean.

Or, the perils of promoting a middle schooler’s basketball skills. An excerpt from Play Their Hearts Out.

Notes from the Friars Club roast of Don King.

An interview with Sandy Koufax on “the management of excellence.”

Argentina’s Lio Messi, the best soccer player on the planet, stands all of 5’7” and needed growth-hormone injections to get there.

Muhammad Ali and his followers were the greatest show on earth. Then the show ended, and life went on.

Sixty years ago, the U.S. upset England in the World Cup on a goal from Joe Gaetjens. In most countries he would have been idolized. Instead, he was ignored in America and marked for death in his native Haiti.