Once the dirtiest player in the NFL, Conrad Dobler is now fighting for guys he once tried to dismember.

Trash talk, corporate sponsorships, the BCS ... everything began with Miami-Penn State in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl.

OTL: The Redemption of Billy Cannon

Fifty years after winning the Heisman Trophy, the LSU star has taken a journey from the top to the bottom and back again. At 72, he's found peace.

OTL: Full Circle

Sal Aunese died tragically before he could realize all his football goals. Now, 20 years later, the son who never knew him is trying to complete the dream.

OTL: Lion Flub

Charles Rogers was on the fast track to NFL stardom, but drugs and immaturity led to an epic downfall.

OTL: Fevered Pitch

The story of the U.S. men and their summer of discovery

OTL: The Power Game

Washington's most influential are suddenly taking up hoops, all in hopes of getting a run with President Barack Obama.

Busting In

Sculptor Blair Buswell has created 53 of the 229 bronze busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The creation of each bust is its own, unique story. Here are nine of them, from the perspective of the artist, as told to ESPN.com senior writer Greg Garber.

OTL: 'Lock And Load'

NFL ref Ed Hochuli strives for perfection on every play. That made his well-publicized 2008 gaffe almost impossible to bear.

OTL: Lessons From My Father

Duke point guard Nolan Smith lost his dad at 8, but still hears him loud and clear.

OTL: Ghosts of Mississippi

In 1962, the Ole Miss campus erupted in violence over integration and swelled with pride over an unbeaten football team. Mississippi native Wright Thompson explores the tumultuous fall that still grips the state.

OTL: Hollywood Act

Thirty years ago, he offered Terry Bradshaw a spelling lesson and snorted cocaine during the Super Bowl. Hollywood Henderson comes clean about his flamboyant life.

OTL: Game in the Shadows

Six weeks after the JFK assassination, a colossal clash of No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Navy was overshadowed in Dallas.

OTL: Miles Apart

"Outside the Lines" spends a week with crosstown rivals in San Diego, two football programs in different worlds.

Back Into The Water

After San Diego's first fatal shark attack in a half-century, an unlikely pair learned to swim through the tragedy.