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.

Manny Being Manipulated

Why was the most intriguing figure of the 2008 postseason shown the door in Boston? Bill Simmons fingers the real villain.

Making Time Stand Still

In the shadows of Turner Field, terminal cancer patients and the compassionate nuns who care for them find joy in Atlanta Braves games.

The Day Innocence Died

Len Bias has now been dead for as long as he was alive. So, how did that shocking day in 1986 affect the world he left behind?

Unlikely BFFs

OMG! U gotta c this: The Hit King and A-Rod are texting!

E-ticket: Cool In Any Language

From Los Angeles to China, it's Joe Torre's world ... and E-ticket goes along for the ride.

E-ticket: Fight Club

Hated opponents become trusted friends as former champions reunite for a dinner every year at the Boxing Hall of Fame.

Almost Immortal

They were perfect & until one shocking loss redefined their legacies.

Bo Knows Best

Twenty years after his most memorable run, two-sport star Bo Jackson can still kick your butt, if necessary.

King of Gotham?

The next three weeks will determine if baseball's best player conquers New York ... or abdicates the throne.

The Last Real Race

We'll never see another pennant chase like 1993, when the Braves and Giants battled to the final day ... and a 103-win team went home.

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

From Capitol Hill to spring training, from eggheads to good ol' boys, all of America is obsessed with NCAA brackets.

Is the gyroball real? Will the pitch revolutionize baseball? Patrick Hruby searches for sports' Loch Ness Monster.

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