OTL: The Power Game

Washington's most influential are suddenly taking up hoops, all in hopes of getting a run with President Barack Obama.

OTL: Lessons From My Father

Duke point guard Nolan Smith lost his dad at 8, but still hears him loud and clear.

OTL: Reaching Out

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

All Or Nothing

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.

Hungry for a Better Life

Amid the worldwide food shortage, young soccer players in Ghana hope the game can change their fates.

Honor Thy Father

After her father was murdered at halftime of one of her games, Tierra Rogers kept playing basketball and kept a promise.

The Lost Kids of Willows

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

Back Into The Water

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

Fists of Phiri

Esther Phiri fought her way out of the slums to become Zambia's most famous athlete and a symbol of female empowerment.

E-ticket: Hanging By A Thread

Six months before the Beijing Olympics, China's athletes are caught between an oppressive past and a perilous future.

The Ringmaster Rolls On

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

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.

It's not just girls basketball. In Nazareth, Texas, it's a town's entire reason for being. Wright Thompson profiles the nation's most successful girls' hoop program.

Reason for the Rhyme

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

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