Magazine Issue
ESPN 06/12/17
ESPN The Magazine3 min readSports
Voices
Way Too Inside The antiquated practice of retaliation leaves players in peril—and it doesn’t even work. So why is MLB still enabling it?
ESPN The Magazine15 min read
Richard Sherman Won’t Let It Go
The exclusive account of how his offseason of discontent traces to the Super Bowl That Got Away and the rift it created among him, Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll.
ESPN The Magazine38 min read
The Greatest, at Rest
One year ago, a chosen few brought Muhammad Ali home for the last time. This is the story of how they carried out their sacred calling.
ESPN The Magazine1 min readFood & Wine
The Blue Jays Go Hog Wild in Toronto, Y’all
DAVE WILSON HOGTOWN STAK ROGERS CENTRE | COST: $18* | ESTIMATED CALORIES: 1,190 Before opening Cherry Street Bar-B-Que last year, Toronto’s Lawrence La Pianta had been a barbecue hobbyist, smoking local rivals in cook-offs for 20 years. So we aske
ESPN The Magazine2 min read
Jake Arrieta Gets Loose
The Cubs pitcher and 2015 Cy Young winner is also a Pilates devotee. As he heads into the thick of a long season, we break down the training and diet regimen that keeps him flexible on the mound—and on the road.
ESPN The Magazine6 min read
The Legend Behind The Legend
At 32, Ronaldo is better than ever and leading Real Madrid to a historic season, thanks to some unexpected advice from his unlikely manager, Zinedine Zidane.
ESPN The Magazine10 min read
Once More With Feeling
Two decades into his legendary career, Roger Federer is playing with a newfound freedom—and having way too much fun to quit now.
ESPN The Magazine1 min read
Usain Bolt’s Last Victory Lap
RANK 7 USAIN BOLT COUNTRY JAMAICA SPORT TRACK & FIELD ENDORSEMENTS $30M FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS 19M TWITTER FOLLOWERS 4.6M SEVENTEEN STORIES ABOVE Manhattan, on a deck flooded with champagne and beautiful people, Usain Bolt has nowhere to run. He’
ESPN The Magazine9 min readSports
The Best Of Both Worlds
How two alarming injuries and a move to the Bay Area opened up Kevin Durant to a life outside of basketball.
ESPN The Magazine4 min read
Rise And Reign
RANK 19 COUNTRY USA SPORT TENNIS ENDORSEMENTS $20M FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS 5.1M TWITTER FOLLOWERS 7.9M SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1998. I’m 10, and it’s almost summer, which means I have to go to my cousin Rhonda’s to get braids. I don’t want to. Everyone
ESPN The Magazine12 min read
Will You Still Hate Ryan Lochte By The End Of This Story?
In consideration of fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood—and that incident in Rio.
ESPN The Magazine11 min read
The Wheels-up, Hammer-down Days Of Lewis Hamilton
Rihanna on the beach. Drake in the club. Kendall Jenner on his arm. Formula One’s most dominant racer is crushing life and making no apologies.
ESPN The Magazine3 min read
15 Moments On Fame
The perks, the parties, the permanent markers on pregnant bellies! Fame might well be a fickle friend, but it’s also full of joyful surprises. Just ask those who live with it …