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This Emmy Award-winning investigative series examines topical issues off the playing field. It includes interviews and opinions from leading authorities on the issue at hand. Hosted by veteran journalist Bob Ley, Outside the Lines has investigated trends and topics ranging from sports teams' hazing to the overseas labor practices of U.S. sneaker companies.

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10 ways the SEC doesn't play for BCS title

Bruce Feldman

The SEC has won the past three BCS titles. The conference has what the polls view as three of the country's top four teams. It's hard to imagine th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Team preview: St. John's

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Need a coach? Get to know these guys

Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine

Beyond the ivy-covered walls of major American colleges sit powerful men who often know long before anyone else does when the team's coach will be fired (or a new one will be hired). Chances are they had something to do with it.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

For Thomas, home is where the hoop is

Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine

This story appears in the September 7 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Rob Thomas shouldn't be here. He shouldn't be running full-court -- foiling one...

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

Buster Olney

John Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Answering questions about Aroldis Chapman

Jorge Arangure Jr.

...soon, Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman will establish residency outside of the United States, which will then expedite...also in a television feature on Outside the Lines and this story on espn.com. There is...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 12, 2009

Chat with Kelly Naqi

Welcome to The Show! On Monday, ESPN Outside the Lines reporter Kelly Naqi will stop by to chat...

ESPN Insider Chat | May 09, 2008

Chat With Clippers Center Chris Kaman

...Clippers' center Chris Kaman revealed on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that as a child he was misdiagnosed with...

ESPN Insider Chat | January 15, 2008

Chat with Jim Jones Jr.

...and his son's basketball career. ESPN's Outside the Lines will present a special documentary Sunday, Oct. 7...

ESPN Insider Chat | October 05, 2007

Chat with Greg Garber

...SportsCenter. He is also a regular contributor to Outside the Lines and a columnist for ESPN.com. Send in...

ESPN Insider Chat | March 06, 2007

Chat with Jayson Stark

...guest Thursday, January 4 on "Outside the Lines: The First Report" at 3...out previous chat guests from OTL

ESPN Insider Chat | January 03, 2007

Chat with Joe Schad

...on recruiting ethics, a story he did for Outside the Lines. Schad previously covered college and pro football in...

ESPN Insider Chat | September 12, 2006

Chat with Andrew Feldman

...to talk about a special Outside The Lines on Internet gambling Sunday morning...house arrest in St. Louis, OTL investigates what the climate in...

ESPN Insider Chat | September 08, 2006

Chat with Michael Cuddyer

...will be a guest Friday, July 28 on "Outside the Lines: The First Report" at 3:30 p.m...

ESPN Insider Chat | July 28, 2006

Chat with Greg LeMond

...will be a guest Thursday, July 27 on "Outside the Lines: The First Report" at 3:30 p.m...

ESPN Insider Chat | July 27, 2006