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How did a boring Nintendo game from 1987 become the most coveted cartridge ever?

Robert Gagno, a real-life pinball wizard: “‘He doesn’t see the world like you and I see the world,’ says Dr. Andrew Reeves, the neurologist at Mayo. ‘He just can’t. I can’t see where the ball’s going to be like two bounces down the road. I don’t know about you, but I don’t do that. But he does that.'”

Wrestling teammates Alex DeCubas and Kevin Pedersen grow up to oppose each other in the drug wars: one as a smuggler, the other as a DEA agent.

Incredible reporting by Wright Thompson. An inside look at how Tiger Woods lost his way following the death of his father Earl — exploring an obsession with the Navy SEALS, pursuing affairs with women, and grappling with no longer being “the greatest.”

The story of Bill May, the most accomplished male synchronized swimmer in the sport’s history. Synchronized swimming has been reluctant to include men until recent years, when it allowed mixed-gender as a world championship event.

The story behind the complicated and bitter fight between owners in the NFL over which teams would have the right to move to Los Angeles and build a stadium.

In January, 1991—ten days after the U.S. entered into war—Whitney Houston owned the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. This is the story of her moment in time.

A tragic collision on a football field connects a high school linebacker with a former college running back, who experienced a similar tragedy 26 years prior.

Inside the downward spiral of USC football.

How accusations of racism and a struggle for control tore apart the Atlanta Hawks regime.