Manny Being Manipulated

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

"Even You?"

Lucas Sang was an Olympic runner and a favorite son in Kenya -- but that couldn't save him from the country's tribal warfare.

E-ticket: Men Who Love Goons

For some fans of hockey fights, it goes beyond obsession and into madness.

Trojan Force

Even in a disappointing season (by USC standards), Pete Carroll remains the driving Trojan force.

A Life Resumed

Finally released after 32 months in prison, Genarlow Wilson spent his first days as a free man looking toward a future filled with college, sports and friends .

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

A tour through Mark McGwire's past finds he's left very little behind, focusing instead on a new life, one without fame and controversy.

Reason for the Rhyme

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

Aware Pat Tillman died by friendly fire, was the Army wrong to award the Silver Star? A three-part E-ticket investigation seeks answers.

What really happened when Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire in 2004? A three-part E-ticket investigation seeks answers.

At Play In A Land of Death

A generation lost to AIDS. An unemployment rate of 50 percent. A life expectancy of 37. Thousands of children orphaned. So, why are the kids of Zambia chasing a ball and smiling?

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.

The Crimson Hide

How Vols boosters dug up the dirt that sent 'Bama's biggest braggart to the big house,