SI True Crime Coverage Hub

SI True Crime will dive deep on stories of sports crime and punishment through in-depth storytelling, enhanced photos, video and interactive elements.
SI True Crime Coverage Hub
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SI True Crime, a new ongoing series from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, will dive deep on stories of sports crime and punishment through in-depth storytelling, enhanced photos, video and interactive elements.

Check back often to find new pieces from SI’s award-winning journalists as well as classics from the SI Vault.

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He Missed his Masters Moment—and Robbed a Bank Instead

By Jon Wertheim

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What to Make of Murph the Surf?

By Brian Burnsed

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That Time Obama Pardoned a Guy Who Stole Charlie Sheen's Honus Wagner Card

By Jon Wertheim

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The Deep End of the Pool

By Conor Orr

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Jeff Hatch Was Dealing Fentanyl. And Helping Addicts. Then a Planned Visit from the VP Blew It All Up

by Chris Ballard

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She Won Athletes' Hearts. And Robbed Them Blind

by Alex Prewitt

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You Never Knew Kellen Winslow Jr.

by Robert Klemko

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Jerrod Mustaf Is a Community Hero. Has Anyone Ever Googled Him?

by Jon Wertheim

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The Violent Life of Eric Naposki

by Michael Cohen

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What Happened to the Astros' Hacker?

by Ben Reiter

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Running Free

by Jeremy Fuchs

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Flight of the Sole Man

by Dan Greene

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Operation Stolen Base

by Luke Winn

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Beyond Obsession

by Rich Cohen

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City on Fire

by Mark Bechtel

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The Great Super Bowl Jersey Caper

by Robert Klemko and Jenny Vrentas

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Time for O.J. to be Released?

by Michael McCann and L. Jon Wertheim

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Breaking the Bank

by L. Jon Wertheim

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Indy Car Vice

by L. Jon Wertheim

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What Ever Happened to Joseph Randle?

by Dan Greene

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The I-5 Killer

by L. Jon Wertheim

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The Saint V. The 'Thug'

by Rich O'Brien

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Inside the Sam Hurd Drug Case

by Michael McKnight

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NFL Star's Path to Murder

by Michael Rosenberg

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Who Killed Lorenzen Wright?

by L. Jon Wertheim

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Bradley's Violent Crimes

by Michael McKnight with L. Jon Wertheim

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The Bull Whisperer

by Michael McKnight

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The Boy They Couldn't Kill

by Thomas Lake

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Crime and Punishment

by Gary Smith

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Muscle Murders

by William Nack

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A Tragic Fight

by David Gardner

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Murder Shakes Football Town

by Rolf Potts

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“I'm Glad I Went to Prison”

by L. Jon Wertheim

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The Split

by Michael McKnight

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Mookie's Downward Spiral

by Greg Hanlon

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The Great Imposter

by Richard Hoffer, special reporting by Don Yaeger

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The Biggest Drug Bust in Sports

by Armen Keteyian

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Bison Dele: The Lost Soul

by Chris Ballard

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