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Just before going in, I heard someone on the street yelling through speakers that I would pay for my sins.

Rosie Napravnik will ride Mylute in Saturday's Kentucky Derby looking to become the first woman jockey to win the Run for the Roses, but this is not a story about a girl jockey.

In ESPN The Magazine's Music issue, Kenny Mayne catches up with Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament, who jams on hoops and Bieber.

True story: I saved a man's life in Scotland. No big deal. Really. Pretty much just kept him from dying. That's all. We were taking a break from taking a break at a golf course resort. Aaron Frutman, my cameraman, was looking away from the pool an...

As we drove to the site of the big hornussen festival outside of Bern, Switzerland, we knew very little about it. I mean we've all seen people use giant golf club-looking sticks and hit hockey puck-looking disks into a field while other men try to kn...

I'd never heard of a hotel that requires customers to pay cash until our trip to Mostar, Bosnia. Lesson learned. As we neared our departure morning, the question became: What to do with roughly $1,800 American. Do I carry it with me at all times? Do ...

Join our intrepid reporter on "Kenny Mayne's Wider World of Sports" as he visits 12 countries on five continents in a quest to chronicle the world's most exhilarating events. Next stop: Siena, Italy. This story appears in the Oct. 29 issue of ESPN Th...

Once I heard we were attending a horse race, I became more excited for the Italy trip than any other. Then I was told there is no betting on the horse race. What kind of stupid race is this? What's the point? Are they racing for a trophy or someth...

Join Kenny Mayne on "Wider World of Sports" as he visits 12 countries on five continents in a quest to chronicle the world's most exhilarating events. In ESPN The Magazine, Mayne writes about his adventures in Siena, Italy.

Our goal in Season 2 of Wider World of Sports was to find unique athletic events around the world that had a deep history. We wanted stories that spoke to the history and culture of the people we were visiting. I give you: bull penis fighting. Don't ...

Editor's note: Kenny Mayne embarks on another journey across the world. His first of six stops: Amsterdam. And let's just say, Kenny had the run of the country. Usually we have a pretty good idea about which country we are flying to. Are you not...

In ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue, Kenny Mayne writes about the injury that ended his dreams as an aspiring QB in 1980 -- an injury that has haunted him since.

Over at the Doug O'Neill barn after the Preakness, everyone hugged everyone.

When Bob Baffert had his heart attack a little over a month ago in Dubai, I sent him a get well text.

ESPN's Kenny Mayne finds a par-3 unlike any other during his visit to South Africa. To check out more of Mayne's travels, go to our site....

A long, long time ago, when this project was just a bunch of phone calls and desperate emails to bosses, there finally came a day when one of the men on high told us to go make things happen. Just make it happen in a week. We needed someplace foreign...