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Why Kenya's Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru didn't live to see 25 is a story of shocking talent, sudden wealth and bitter intrigue. A year after Wanjiru's death, Shaun Assael takes measure of the case that rocked racing.

Unless you're a huge MMA fan, you probably didn't notice that the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended a welterweight fighter named Nick Diaz last week for flunking a drug test. It got buried under the avalanche of news about Ryan Braun, but th...

Ohio State University officials remained in contact with a memorabilia dealer they were investigating for wrongdoing and used him as a mole to rat out others, according to records released this month in response to a public records request submitted ...

I have seen the various reports about Dikembe Mutombo and smuggling and I simply don't know what to make of them. Here's a concise version, from ESPN's Shaun Assael, based on the United Nations' research into the matter: It's a 400-page report th...

Indictments says while former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo was asking the U.S. Department of State to help him stop the illegal export of "conflict minerals" from his native Congo in late 2010, he also was trying to help someone smuggle $10 million in gold.

A long-running contest rolls on between NASCAR CEO Brian France and The Charlotte Observer newspaper, which has spent three years fighting to get records from France's divorce case released publicly.

If you dug deep for tickets that were priced at face value between $300 and $350 for the 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship Game, we here at The File thought you might like to see where your money has gone.

The doctor that New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez traveled to Germany to see for his aching knee and shoulder is a former physician for Pope John Paul II who claims to be a miracle worker when it comes to reversing arthritis.

In ESPN The Magazine, Shaun Assael writes about how the opponents of a re-engineered Novak Djokovic are gearing up to attack the cracks in his game and body.

In ESPN The Magazine, Shaun Assael investigates a group of elbow-throwing lawyers (and college football fans) who are out to end the corruption of the bowl system.

For ESPN The Magazine's Plan B issue, Shaun Assael writes that it's time to clean up college sports by trying something different: Taking cheating coaches and schools to court.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2011

In ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue, Shaun Assael writes that athletes constantly push the edge of science for an advantage, and that stem cell injections could be the great new frontier.

Kobe Bryant's $3 million deal to play 10 games in Italy during the NBA lockout was aided by a former physician to Pope John Paul II who treated the Laker star this summer with a pioneering blood treatment.

Shaun Assael explains why Americans riot after big championship wins.

For a story in ESPN The Magazine's Fan Issue, Shaun Assael combs the U.S. Patent database to find the best sports fan inventions.

Story | Conversation | July 18, 2011

This story appears in the June 27, 2011 issue of ESPN The Magazine. BOXING'S HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION is such a bore that it was fun to hear WBA champ David Haye recently taunt Wladimir Klitschko about their July 2 title bout, saying the Ukrainian usual...