OTL: Fevered Pitch

The story of the U.S. men and their summer of discovery

OTL: Fiebre Mundialista

Síguele los pasos a EE.UU. en su lucha por avanzar a Sudáfrica 2010

E-ticket: Dice-K 2.0

Your team might spend $75 million just to talk to him. Is 21-year-old Japanese phenom Yu Darvish worth it?

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.

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

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

In the disco era of late-1970s New York, these three words could get you anywhere: "I'm with Pele"

A Wicket Wedding

An American finds his roots in India and is seduced by a new love.

OTL: Field of Schemes?

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.

OTL: Seats Of Gold

Yankee Stadium's Legends Suite was sparsely populated at times this season -- a sign of what greed does to loyalty

OTL: 'Lock And Load'

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

OTL: At The Turn

A legend says goodbye to the Masters, and a phenom says hello.

OTL: Gotham's Savior

The honest, no-bull approach of Mike D'Antoni might be just what it takes to end the Knicks' decade of ineptitude.

OTL: The Boy Who Cried Cal

Kevin Hart had fooled everyone. He said he'd been heavily recruited to play college football. He "chose" Cal over Oregon. A year later, he still suffers the consequences of his high school hoax.

OTL: The Worst Year Ever

Think the last 12 months were rough? It could be worse. You could be a sports fan in Seattle.