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When late NBA Commissioner David Stern arrived in Beijing, he came with a lucrative business proposal. Stern pushed for American... more

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The Dominican Republic produces more professional baseball players per capita than any other country in the world -- but one... more

As mensur combatants Felix and Max prepare to fight, reporter Leo Hornack documents their training, while exploring larger questions about... more

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Davy Rothbart struggles with whether to tell Allison what he's learned about the murder of her mother nearly four decades... more

11-year-old Chet Lemon superfan Allison cheers on the Detroit Tigers on their path to World Series glory in 1984. The... more

In the sixth grade, Davy Rothbart fell in love — with a girl named Allison...and Detroit Tigers outfielder Chet Lemon.... more

In part three of the Big Dipper, Wilt Chamberlain signs a record-breaking contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and wins... more

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The legend of Rashun Richardson's rise to high school basketball glory crumbles, and a much older man named Sidney Gilstrap-Portley... more

In 2017, Rashun Richardson enrolled as a freshman at Hillcrest High School in Dallas. He claimed to be a Hurricane... more

In part three of The Mighty Bucks, the Pinebridge Bucks try to weather the storms of a losing season, dwindling... more

In part two of The Mighty Bucks, the town of Spruce Pine falls in love with the Pinebridge Bucks, even... more

In 1983, Spruce Pine, North Carolina set a record for the smallest town to ever have a professional sports team,... more

In a westside suburb of Cleveland called Brecksville, nothing is more important than football. Well, football and gymnastics. The girls... more

After budget cuts put the fate of the Quinnipiac University women’s volleyball team in jeopardy, the players dug in against... more

In the early 2000s, a group of coaches banded together to try to make cheerleading an official NCAA varsity sport.... more

Yao Ming was the number one pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, and he came in with the hope of... more

After suffering sanctions and scrutiny, the Howard University soccer team rises to the top again, earning another chance to play... more

Shortly after the championship parties die down, the NCAA makes a grave announcement about the Howard University soccer team, alleging... more

Ian Bain and Alvin Henderson were just boys when they first met on the schoolyard soccer fields in Trinidad. They... more

In part two of Volley and Serve, reporter Tim Rohan shows the real consequences of Sergiy Stakhovsky's decision to join... more

Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky gained fame when he upset Roger Federer at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. Stakhovsky carved out... more

Disgraced former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow takes the reigns of a cherished, but downtrodden, professional soccer team in... more

In 2017, Major League Baseball implicated the Houston Astros in a sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sport, right after they'd... more

Curt Schilling did something many Boston fans thought was impossible. He led the Red Sox to their first World Series... more

A scary swim shakes creek boater Anna Wagner's confidence. She must decide whether or not to leave the world of... more

Girl meets river. River meets girl. The two hit it off. Girl falls in love. She moves to a town... more

When Lithuania broke off from the Soviet Union, they wanted revenge. Their players had led the USSR to gold medal... more

In part two of The Real Jay Mullen, CIA operative Jay Mullen finds himself in trouble when the ruler of... more

In 1972, in the middle of the Cold War, the Soviet military sent a team of all-stars to Kampala to... more

Long summer nights and baseball on the radio. Like many other Baltimore Orioles fans of his generation, host Sam Dingman... more

In part two of Spider's Web, reporter Gloria Liu travels down the winding slopes of recollection and rumor to discover... more

American Alpine skier Vladimir Peter Sabich became a sensation at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He had movie-star good looks, a... more

As a kid, Kieran Morris, a cheeky lad from Liverpool, loved pulling pranks to fool the press. When England played... more

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