Tigertown

No city has been harder hit by the economic downturn than Detroit, and that forced Tigers owner Mike Ilitch to take a most drastic measure: He raised the payroll and reinvested dramatically in his franchise.

Published: Sep 28, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,951 words)

The Revolutionary

As a gawky teenager in the 1960s, Dick Fosbury just wanted to find something he was really good at. Little did he know he would become an Olympic champion and turn a sport literally upside down.

Published: Sep 14, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,416 words)

Three Lives, Two Hits, One Happy Ending

Fate chose Marc Buoniconti to be the one left a quadriplegic, but he became the force behind a research center that has saved or improved the lives of other spinal-cord victims. He also brought peace of mind to Henry Mull and Herman Jacobs

Author: S.L. Price
Published: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 32 minutes (8,065 words)

What’s Next For Michael Vick?

The disgraced quarterback has already paid a greater price for his crime than most wayward athletes.

Published: Jul 13, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,398 words)

A Good Man Down

In Parkersburg, Iowa, it was a high school coach who led the townspeople out of the rubble of a tornado, showed them how to live a Christian life and brought honor to a football field he mowed himself. What they can’t understand is why Ed Thomas was gunned down by a former player

Published: Jul 6, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,854 words)

Cholly, They’ll Never Call You A Hayseed In This Town Again

Bringing a World Series trophy to a title-starved city can do that for a guy, but Charlie Manuel—national hero in Japan, hitting savant, friend to the Amish, Ted Williams and pretty much everyone in between—was a worldly man long before you ever knew.

Published: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 21 minutes (5,369 words)

Remember His Name

Even as a boy Pat Tillman felt a destiny, a need to do the right thing whatever it cost him. When the World Trade Center was attacked on 9/11, he thought about what he had to do and then walked away from the NFL and became an Army Ranger. #Sept11

Author: Gary Smith
Published: Sep 11, 2006
Length: 46 minutes (11,700 words)

The Wrong Turn

Onetime Detroit Lions quarterback Jeff Komlo was a success in sports, business and love. So why did he die alone, on the run, thousands of miles from home?

Published: Jun 15, 2009
Length: 43 minutes (10,959 words)

Hey, Wait A Minute! I Want To Talk

John Madden has burst upon the American scene as few others in sport, but contrary to his bull-in-a-beer-ad image, he loves nothing more than good quiet conversation, and his skill as a communicator is the key to his success both as a football coach and as a broadcaster.

Published: Sep 1, 1983
Length: 29 minutes (7,381 words)

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

He’s a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd’s deciding about yoga—and his future in baseball.

Published: Apr 1, 1985
Length: 23 minutes (5,912 words)