Athletes
How Do Athletes Get Scouted? The Real Path From Small Town to Big Stage
Talent discovery is less about one magic showcase and more about a chain of people who vouch for a player when nobody else is watching.
Athletes
Long-form profiles of competitors across sports, tracing development, injury history, technical change and the decisions that shaped a career trajectory.
Athletes
Simone Biles and the Longest Four Years in Gymnastics
Simone Biles left the Tokyo floor in 2021 with the twisties and returned in Paris 2024 to win three golds and a silver — the documented arc of the greatest gymnast alive stepping away and coming back on her own terms.
Athletes
How MLB Salary Arbitration Actually Decides What a Player Is Worth
There's no splitting the difference: a panel picks one side's number and the other side eats the loss, which is exactly why the system works the way it does.
Athletes
Second Acts: The Athletes Who Reinvented Themselves Best
From a champion boxer who reclaimed a title two decades on to a dunk-contest star who became a role player, the best second acts follow a pattern.
Athletes
How Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Keeps Breaking Her Own Records
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has broken the 400m hurdles world record six times — and each one was a version of a race only she has ever run.
Athletes
The Quiet Consistency of Nikola Jokic, Basketball's Steadiest Force
Nikola Jokic builds excellence out of routine — three MVPs, a title, and nightly triple-doubles delivered with the drama of a man doing paperwork.