Ninja often attracts kids who don’t feel like they fit in anywhere else in sports. But what exactly are they training for? The fight for the future of the sport is underway.
NFL
They’re the Toughest of the Tough. But When Their NFL Teammates Started Dying, These Men Grew Afraid.
More than 40 current or former pro players aged 50 or younger have fallen since 2021. The number is staggering. But it doesn’t account for their peers’ despair.
NBA
Life After 7'6": Shawn Bradley, Paralyzed in a Bike Crash, Knows ‘It’ll Never Be the Same’
His height brought him fame and fortune and 2,000-plus blocks. Now, after a bike accident, his stature is a challenge without medical precedent.
He Followed His Golf Dream. In the End, It Was a Nightmare.
When a truck was abandoned last summer on a course in Kennesaw, Ga., with two dead bodies in the bed, Gene Siller was the one who investigated. Because that’s where his life’s path took him.
NFL
For the Three- and Four-Point Stance: Is This the End of the Line?
Cutting-edge schemes and a push for player safety are creating radical evolutions in football’s most basic element. Welcome to the last days of the down lineman.
Olympics
Ryan Lochte’s Last Try
36-year-old Olympic Ryan Lochte addresses his rise, his fall and his belief that glory at the 2020/21 Tokyo Olympics will change everything.
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A black bear mauling and a hunt in New Jersey
A brutal, bloody hunt. A ghastly, devastating attack. And a state left divided on what to do about its 2,500 black bears, with whom New Jerseyans cross paths hundreds of times per year.
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Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
A bloody hunt. A ghastly attack. And a state divided on what to do about the black bears that humans encounter hundreds of times per year.
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