A life that transected America's defining issues — race and religion; war and sports — also inspired writing that was nearly as captivating as the man himself.
Muhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, died Friday night at the age of 74. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine remembers Ali's athletic legacy with NPR's Scott Simon.
Ali virtually created the modern athlete and became one of the foremost cultural symbols of the 20th century. Scott Simon looks back on the boxing great with Bloomberg View columnist Stephen Carter.
In two recent NBA games, a player has hurt another below the belt. FiveThirtyEight's Kyle Wagner analyzed the words the media uses to describe that part of a man's body — without being obscene.
The boxing legend's treatment could be complicated by symptoms of Parkinson's, the debilitating disease from which he's suffered for more than 30 years.
Ten refugees — swimmers, runners and judo athletes — have been named to the first-ever Olympics refugee team. They'll compete this August in Rio, where two of the refugee athletes already live.
Investigators say a series of contract amendments resulted in payouts of tens of millions of dollars in salary and bonuses to the three executives from 2011 to 2015.
The federal ruling removes the possibility that the American women might refuse to play in this summer's Rio Olympics as part of the maneuvering over their union contract.
Pappas co-wrote, co-directed and stars in Tracktown, which follows a young runner trying to make it to the Olympics. Pappas will be competing for Greece at this summer's games.
Twelve teams representing stateless peoples, minorities and unrecognized countries are competing, and the champion will be crowned on Sunday. David Greene talks to Max Seddon of The Financial Times.