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When Baker Mayfield Was a Walk-On
How does one go from a two-time college football walk-on to the No.
True Stories
The Soccer Match That Ended a Civil War
Peace came to the Ivory Coast through Didier Drogba and the country's national soccer team.
News + Politics
Speaking Truth to Power, One Middle Finger at a Time
Jemele Hill has made a career of saying what she thinks, consequences be damned.
True Stories
'Flashback' Lecture Notes: How a Baseball Strike Saved Basketball
Michael Jordan might have stuck with baseball if not for a work stoppage that nudged him back to hoops.
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The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
True Stories
‘Flashback’ Episode Four: The Real Reason Michael Jordan Quit Baseball … and Saved Basketball
Jordan may well have stuck with baseball if not for the 1994-95 strike.
True Stories
Could Walt Frazier Have Been the Mahomes of His Day?
The basketball great’s first love was the gridiron.
True Stories
The Tragedy That Killed a Stanley Cup
In 1919, the Spanish Flu threw the Stanley Cup into a tailspin.
True Stories
Before Althea Gibson, There Was Ora Washington
The sports legend did more on two courts than most ever do on one.
True Stories
How a Man Named 'Duck' Put Georgia Basketball on the Map
Don "Duck" Richardson churned out future NBA talent and put high school hoops on the map in the South.
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News + Politics
Mesut Özil: From China's Sex Icon to Pariah
By criticizing China's treatment of the Uighur Muslims, this Arsenal star has become a lightning rod.
True Stories
How a Punter Changed Pro Football Forever
Twenty-five years ago, Two-Point Tupa got his nickname.