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: Everlasting Run

What makes a man run more than 100,000 miles without ever missing a day?

OTL: The Disposable Superstar

Chauncey Billups has won an NBA title, been Finals MVP and is now driving Denver's playoff run. Not bad for a guy who has changed teams six times.

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: The Boy Who Cried Cal

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.

Manny Being Manipulated

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

E-ticket: Dice-K 2.0

Your team might spend $75 million just to talk to him. Is 21-year-old Japanese phenom Yu Darvish worth it?

E-ticket: Hanging By A Thread

Six months before the Beijing Olympics, China's athletes are caught between an oppressive past and a perilous future.

Everlasting Run

What makes a man run 100,000 miles without ever missing a day?

The Holmes Mystery

Even for one of the NFL's biggest enigmas, Priest Holmes' comeback try is a strange move, writes Elizabeth Merrill.

Who killed Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer? E-ticket sent Patrick Hruby to the Caribbean to find out.

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

Baseball's superscout Tony Lucadello had a plan to save the game he loved. Then tragedy intervened.

Who Knew?

This ESPN The Magazine investigation spanned six months and comprised more than 150 interviews and the examination of hundreds of pages of documents.