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• Bad Nights In The NFL

  by Thomas Lake + Follow

  Sports Illustrated | April 2011

  Early on Jan. 1, 2007, Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot to death after a New Year's Eve party at a Denver nightclub. The police launched a massive investigation that included multiple interviews with two other Broncos who were at the same club that night. But years would pass before the full story came to light.

• The Golden Boy and the Invisible Army

  by Thomas Lake + Follow

  Atlanta Magazine | June 2010

  When the H1N1 swine flu virus boiled up out of Mexico last year, the CDC became the epicenter of a worldwide struggle to stop its deadly march. Twenty miles north, at a brick house in Johns Creek, the virus found a perfect host.

• The Way It Should Be

  by Thomas Lake + Follow

  Sports Illustrated | June 2009

  The story of an athlete's singular gesture continues to inspire. Careful, though, it will make you cry.