Manny Being Manipulated

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

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

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.