Cam Newton on Everything
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback.
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback.
Zach Baron GQ Aug 2016 20min Permalink
On NFL siblings Michael and Martellus Bennett, who “tend to perplex people.”
Mina Kimes ESPN Aug 2016 15min Permalink
How one billionaire owner outflanked two others and brought the NFL back to Los Angeles, doubling the value of his franchise.
Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Feb 2016 10min Permalink
To understand Cam Newton, you need to go to a small church 45 minutes outside of Atlanta called Holy Zion Center of Deliverance and hear his dad preach.
Eric Nusbaum Vice Feb 2016 20min Permalink
Defensive end Shawn King was the 36th pick in the 1995 draft. His career with the Carolina Panthers didn’t turn out as planned.
Michael Graff SB Nation Jan 2016 25min Permalink
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
On the quarterback everyone loves to hate.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ESPN Dec 2015 20min Permalink
On May 12, 2014, Nicole Holder told Charlotte police that she had been assaulted by Greg Hardy. He was arrested, charged, and convicted. Then the case was dismissed on appeal. After a season out of the league, Hardy is playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones has called him a “real leader.”
This is the story, and the photos, of what happened that night.
Diana Moskovitz Deadspin Nov 2015 15min Permalink
Ricky Williams today.
Lindsey Adler Buzzfeed Sep 2015 15min Permalink
Roger Goodell, the Patriots and one huge “makeup call.”
Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham ESPN Sep 2015 45min Permalink
“The concussion that led Borland to retire came on a routine play, and that’s precisely his point.”
Steve Fainaru, Mark Fainaru-Wada ESPN Aug 2015 30min Permalink
The running back’s life since he was indicted on charges of beating his son and suspended from the NFL.
Eli Saslow ESPN Aug 2015 15min Permalink
“In an industry in which millions of people are invested in his success – in which he’s constantly being advised, praised and berated, often by total strangers – Revis’ tranquillity might be his greatest asset. He isn’t just an island. He’s a fortress.”
Mina Kimes ESPN Aug 2015 15min Permalink
Darren Sharper was once an NFL star. He was also a serial rapist, one who law enforcement failed to stop.
Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.
Gabriel Sherman GQ Feb 2015 20min Permalink
The tragic romance of Jim Irsay, the shrewd owner of the Indianapolis Colts, and Kimberly Wundrum, a mother who shared his longtime addiction to painkillers, that ended with her overdosing in the secret condo he bought her.
Shaun Assael ESPN the Magazine Oct 2014 20min Permalink
On domestic violence and the NFL.
Louisa Thomas Grantland Sep 2014 10min Permalink
An investigation into who knew what, and when.
Don Van Natta Jr., Kevin Van Valkenburg ESPN Sep 2014 30min Permalink
The bleak final season of Tony Gonzalez’s Hall of Fame career.
Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Feb 2014 10min Permalink
The behind-the-scenes story of how NFL prospect Michael Sam came out.
Cyd Zeigler Outsports Feb 2014 15min Permalink
On faith and football.
Thomas Lake Sports Illustrated Dec 2013 Permalink
The house at 114 Lake Avenue in Bristol, CT that kept calling Aaron Hernandez, a NFL star by 20, back to “a volatile underworld of guns, drugs, and violence.”
Bob Hohler Boston Globe Aug 2013 10min Permalink
The NFL attempts to set up a beachhead in China.
Aside from the wealthiest players, nine out of 10 NFL athletes are likely to be insolvent within 10 years of retirement. A new executive MBA program aims to change that.
Ben Austen GQ Apr 2013 20min Permalink
When the best three months of your life are “called three of the uglier months in the recent history of the National Football League.”
Elizabeth Merrill, Wayne Drehs ESPN Oct 2012 15min Permalink