Far from damning and shunning the West, Dubai would very much like you to visit and watch a horse race, golf 18 holes, play some tennis or even ski. Rather than fight over religious beliefs, Dubai is betting its future on the new world religion of sports.

Reason for the Rhyme

Chuck Klosterman ponders whether Muhammad Ali unknowingly invented rap music, simply by being himself in public.

Fearless Love

When their son was born with a debilitating disease, CeCe and Carlos Boozer pulled their family together.

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.

So You Wanna Be An Olympian?

Kathryn's Olympic dream finally comes to end ... and yet she thinks that's awesome.

A sport to die for

Why would anyone jump from a stationary object and hurtle to the ground at 80 mph? BASE Jumpers don't have a death wish. They just want to feel alive.

The horse is gone but a lot of fans still can't let go. Fans who connected over Barbaro's plight, maintained those connections, reaching out to each other in grief.

ESPN.com's Jim Caple and 5,000 other maniacs ran England's lethal Tough Guy course and actually survived … for the most part.

Track cycling leaves our hero going round and round in circles.