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  Sports Illustrated | November 2011

  Discouraged for religious reasons from playing basketball, a young Jehovah's Witness who would soon be 7 feet tall had to decide whether to follow his mother's ardent beliefs or his own heart.

• The Courage of Jill Costello

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  Sports Illustrated | November 2010

  After a promising junior season as a coxswain at Cal, she learned she was in the late stages of cancer. The next year was her best.

• The Know It Alls

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  New York Times Magazine | November 2000

  Lurking on the sidelines of 'Millionaire' is a community of high-powered brainiacs for whom game shows are not a game but a way of life.