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OTL: Shadow Boxing

Wright Thompson

Muhammad Ali fought 50 men. Only one disappeared.

Story | Conversation | December 14, 2009

OTL: Field of Schemes?

Patrick Hruby

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.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 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: Ghosts of Mississippi

Wright Thompson

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.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009

OTL: Game in the Shadows

Robert Weintraub

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

Story | Conversation | January 05, 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

All Or Nothing

Eric Neel

The University of Buffalo has been invited to one bowl game in its 102-season history. This is the story of why the players decided not to go.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

The Lost Kids of Willows

Michael Weinreb

A small California town struggles to cope with an unbearable string of tragedies.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 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

E-ticket: So You Wanna Be An Olympian, Part 11

Kathryn Bertine, Special to ESPN.com

With the May 31 deadline approaching, Kathryn encounters new hurdles in the middle of her road to Beijing.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2008

Bo Knows Best

Twenty years after his most memorable run, two-sport star Bo Jackson can still kick your butt, if necessary.

Story | Conversation | November 27, 2007

 

Far from damning and shunning the West, Dubai would very much like you to visit and watch a horse race, golf 18 holes, play some tennis or even ski. Rather than fight over religious beliefs, Dubai is betting its future on the new world religion of sports.

Story | Conversation | July 02, 2007

 

By playing in Russia, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi earn big money and the kind of pampering expected by Shaq or D-Wade. But there's a larger price to be paid that could affect the future of the WNBA.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2007

 

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

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2007

 

Kathryn Bertine, Special to ESPN.com

Kathryn Bertine discovers she's more of a woman than she thought, and she might have a chance at this Olympic dream afterall.

Story | Conversation | April 04, 2007