OTL: The Worst Year Ever

Think the last 12 months were rough? It could be worse. You could be a sports fan in Seattle.

Manny Being Manipulated

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

The Ringmaster Rolls On

He has been sent to prison and blamed for sports' biggest scandal, so why is Victor Conte still smiling?

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

Reason for the Rhyme

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

The Man Who Threw Too Much

How Rob Nenn pitched his way into a World Series and out of a career.

Rock of Atlanta

Leo Mazzone Rocks.

We'll Always Love N'awlins

New Orleans always has been one of our favorite cities. E-ticket celebrates the Big Easy as the City of Championships.

OTL: Field of Schemes?

It seemed like a feel-good story on the surface: A Cambodian refugee brings the game of baseball to his home country. It seemed too good to be true ... and perhaps it is.

Genarlow Wilson, honor student and football star, had consensual sex with a fellow teenager. What happened to him next was a crime.

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: The Legend of Ken Mink

Everybody fell in love with the tale of the 73-year-old college basketball player, but the story isn't that simple.

OTL: Ghosts of Mississippi

In 1962, the Ole Miss campus erupted in violence over integration and swelled with pride over an unbeaten football team. Mississippi native Wright Thompson explores the tumultuous fall that still grips the state.

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.

OTL: Game in the Shadows

Six weeks after the JFK assassination, a colossal clash of No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Navy was overshadowed in Dallas.