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The Legend of Malacrianza: Costa Rica’s badass, killer toro

Stay connected with SB Nation Follow @sbnation The sun has not risen yet over Garza, a tiny fishing village on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, but already there is movement. On one side of the…
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5175 words)

No finish line: Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens returns to the track

Stay connected with SB Nation Follow @sbnation Photo credit: Getty Images ““I got balls and guts,” Gary Stevens tweeted on the evening of Feb. 23. The barb was directed at an…
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7513 words)

The secret world of NBA daps: The choreographed pregame rituals that have become an integral part of pro basketball

The darkness fades and gives way to the fluorescent lights overhead. A man — nearly seven feet tall — jogs toward a group of similarly sized men. He approaches one with both hands…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4498 words)

The original dual-threat: Before RGIII, there was Reggie Collier, college football's first great run-pass QB

Go ahead — click on the YouTube video. Check out that quarterback with the long strides and the dragster speed and the rocket-fueled passes. If not for the grainy production value and those…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4796 words)

The Dagger: Trey Burke's ascent from middling recruit to the best player in college basketball

In sports, you know it when you see it. That back-breaking free throw or first-down run. It’s the moment where the possible once again seems impossible, and your fleeting hope of a miracle is…
LENGTH: 34 minutes (8604 words)

The good hurt: How Ray King lives and plays basketball with cancer

You know how heavy and achy your body feels the morning after a day spent moving from one apartment to another or clearing land or something like that? That’s how Ray King has felt every day…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6090 words)

When the wind cried Tuffy: Why not to hit three home runs on Opening Day

The wind was blowing out. Stay connected with SB Nation Follow @sbnation when the wind blows out at Wrigley, some things happen that just simply can’t According to whatever official…
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5178 words)

Gods fall down: The Mythical World of Senegalese Wrestling

There are a few ways for a foreign reporter to meet a wrestling hero in Senegal. The first is to ask for an interview. The logistics are easy enough, but the opportunity will cost you ten thousand…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4194 words)

Paralysis by analysis: A weekend at Sloan, and the pluses and minuses of advanced analytics

It is 8:15 on Friday morning, and the PA system in the 3rd floor ballroom at the Boston Convention Center is stuck in 1982. A room full of 2,700 people is rocking out to Rod Stewart, The Beatles, Bob…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4246 words)
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