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OTL: The Redemption of Billy Cannon

Wright Thompson

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.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

OTL: Full Circle

Tom Friend

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.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

OTL: Lion Flub

Jemele Hill

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

Story | Conversation | August 12, 2009

OTL: Fevered Pitch

Wayne Drehs

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

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009

OTL: The Power Game

Wright Thompson

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

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

 

Genarlow Wilson, honor student and football star, had consensual sex with a fellow teenager. What happened to him next was a crime.

Story | Conversation | January 24, 2007

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.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2005

OTL: 'Lock And Load'

Elizabeth Merrill

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

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2009

OTL: Lessons From My Father

Tom Friend

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

Story | Conversation | March 05, 2009

OTL: Unspeakable

Eric Adelson

Two men. One horrible truth. And a fight to heal wounds time cannot.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2009

OTL: Ghosts of Mississippi

Wright Thompson

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.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009

OTL: The Boy Who Cried Cal

Tom Friend

Kevin Hart had fooled everyone. He said he'd been heavily recruited to play college football. He "chose" Cal over Oregon. A year later, he still suffers the consequences of his high school hoax.

Story | Conversation | January 29, 2009

OTL: Two Beers In The Desert

Wright Thompson

On Super Bowl Sunday, American military personnel stationed in Iraq will enjoy a couple of historic cold ones.

Story | Conversation | January 28, 2009

OTL: Hollywood Act

Michael Weinreb

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.

Story | Conversation | January 19, 2009

OTL: Game in the Shadows

Robert Weintraub

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

Story | Conversation | January 05, 2009