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OTL: Full Circle

Tom Friend

Sal Aunese died tragically before he could realize all his football goals. Now, 20 years later, the son who never knew him is trying to complete the dream.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009

Busting In

Sculptor Blair Buswell has created 53 of the 229 bronze busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The creation of each bust is its own, unique story. Here are nine of them, from the perspective of the artist, as told to ESPN.com senior writer Greg Garber.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2005

OTL: 'Lock And Load'

Elizabeth Merrill

NFL ref Ed Hochuli strives for perfection on every play. That made his well-publicized 2008 gaffe almost impossible to bear.

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2009

OTL: Dream On A Shelf

Amy K. Nelson

Matt Harrington turned down a $4.9 million contract and now works for $11.50 an hour. The former flamethrower is coping with his flameout a lot better than his father is.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

OTL: Reaching Out

Tom Friend

Julius Erving and his daughter, Alexandra Stevenson, are forging a relationship, 27 years after her birth.

Story | Conversation | December 15, 2008

OTL: Miles Apart

Gare Joyce

"Outside the Lines" spends a week with crosstown rivals in San Diego, two football programs in different worlds.

Story | Conversation | December 05, 2008

Back Into The Water

Tom Friend

After San Diego's first fatal shark attack in a half-century, an unlikely pair learned to swim through the tragedy.

Story | Conversation | October 06, 2008

Revenge of the Baseball Gods

Tom Friend

In the 2001 Little League World Series, Danny Almonte made Matt Cerda cry. In the 2008 draft, Matt got even ...

Story | Conversation | August 19, 2008

E-ticket: Cool In Any Language

Eric Neel, ESPN.com

From Los Angeles to China, it's Joe Torre's world ... and E-ticket goes along for the ride.

Story | Conversation | March 26, 2008

King of Gotham?

The next three weeks will determine if baseball's best player conquers New York ... or abdicates the throne.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2007

The Last Real Race

Robert Weintraub, Special to ESPN.com

We'll never see another pennant chase like 1993, when the Braves and Giants battled to the final day ... and a 103-win team went home.

Story | Conversation | September 20, 2007

 

The horse is gone but a lot of fans still can't let go. Fans who connected over Barbaro's plight, maintained those connections, reaching out to each other in grief.

Story | Conversation | April 30, 2007

 

From Capitol Hill to spring training, from eggheads to good ol' boys, all of America is obsessed with NCAA brackets.

Story | Conversation | March 13, 2007

 

Wright Thompson, ESPN.com

Why risk death by climbing in the ring with an angry, half-ton bull …l time after time?

Story | Conversation | October 26, 2006

 

By following his father's philosophy, Jim Leyland has taught millionaire ballplayer that good things come from an honest day's work.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2006