The headline, the tweet, and the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin.

The first 100 games.

In the first of a regular series about "interesting" NBA players, Jay Caspian Kang takes a look at Kwame Brown, basketball player, and Kwame Brown, symbol of failure.

Ten years after Ichiro Suzuki broke into the majors, a reflection on the 2001 Mariners, Jackie Robinson, the Four Noble Truths and the cultural impact of baseball's most enigmatic player.

Playing 145,215 hands in 2010 alone, Dan Cates makes more money than he’ll ever need. Now if only he can learn how to live off-screen.

After living the ups and downs of life as a professional poker player, the author observes that "gambling narratives tend to glamorize the upswing". In his own story, however, the romance is wrapped up in his losses.