The Party Boy King Of Foosball
This year may well be one of the last for competitive foosball tournaments in the U.S. A tabletop game of soccer in which players move a urethane ball with plastic players fastened to metal rods,...
View ArticleBlind Ambition
Erik Weihenmayer has climbed Mount Everest, raced across the Moroccan desert, and is about to kayak the Grand Canyon's deadliest rapids — all without being able to see.
View ArticleBasketball's Biggest Longshot
Former NBA forward Jim Bostic is aiming to turn one of the world's poorest countries into a basketball hotbed, and his team into unlikely champions.
View ArticleWhen To Say No To Your Doctor
Every time you walk into a physician's office, you run the risk of overtreatment: Tests you don't need, medications that are ineffective (or dangerous), procedures that cause more problems than they...
View ArticleNew England's Secret Surf Club
While the Hawaiian and Californian waves get most of the attention, there are a number of small, dedicated stormchasers from the Mid-Atlantic to Nova Scotia who navigate the land of lobsterman during...
View ArticleA Five Minute Walk Could Undo An Hour Of Sitting
Researchers from Indiana University found it takes just one hour of sitting to decrease the blood flow from your legs to your heart by 50 percent.
View ArticleWhy Experts Now Think You Should Eat More Fat
For more than half a century, the conventional wisdom among nutritionists and public health officials was that fat is dietary enemy number one – the leading cause of obesity and heart disease. It...
View ArticleBuying High: How To Get Rich On Pot Stocks
Betting big on marijuana futures with the Wolf of Weed Street.
View ArticleHow Athletes Can Use Marijuana To Train Harder
Four to six times a week, elite triathlete Clifford Drusinsky wakes up at 3 AM to train. But before he sets out, he opts not for a sports drink but for 20 milligrams of THC in a marijuana energy bar.
View ArticleThe Woman Who Bails Out The NFL's Bad Boys
How a former beauty queen protects the NFL's troubled elite from shady business deals, litigious strippers, and their own darkest impulses.
View ArticleThe Man Who Fell To Earth
Wingsuit pilot Joby Ogwyn has climbed — and flown off — the highest peaks on the planet. But after the tragic deaths of several friends and a Mount Everest avalanche that killed most of his crew, is...
View ArticleThe Body, Slammed
Jesse Ventura's life reads like a bizarre fairy tale — from military man to pro wrestler to governor to conspiracy-theorist TV host. But when war hero and 'American Sniper' author Chris Kyle slandered...
View ArticleWhy More People Are Investing In The Whiskey Boom
Whiskey isn't just a good for consumption or a means toward intoxication: It's a collector's item, an investment portfolio, and an incredibly valuable commodity.
View ArticleThe Devil's Obstacle Course
The interior of Madagascar is ringed by razor-sharp rock, impenetrable jungle, and invisible perils that even seasoned explorers dread. No wonder more men have been to the moon.
View ArticleThe Anatomy Of A Baseball Brawl
Baseball brawls are like bad porn: They all begin in similar fashion, they all tend to escalate identically, and they typically climax in exactly the same way. And if you've seen one, you've seen them...
View ArticleThe Lost Hikers Of Nepal
When the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 26, it caused widespread destruction, killing thousands across the country, including 19 of the roughly 1,000 people stationed at Everest Base...
View ArticleThe Greatest College Athlete You've Never Heard Of
The most dominant college athlete in a generation will be on display this weekend.
View ArticleThe Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See
Daniel Kish has been sightless since he was a year old. Yet he can mountain bike. And navigate the wilderness alone. And recognize a building as far away as 1,000 feet. How? The same way bats can see...
View ArticleThe Death Of Golf
It's expensive, difficult, and demands the kind of time most people get only when they go on vacation — or retire. From the dried up fairways of Southern California to the vacant course-side condos on...
View ArticleHow To Make The Best Turkey Burger Imaginable
Turkey burgers have gotten a reputation for being the burgers of cowards, burgers that somehow combined the worst qualities of all burgers in one. Maybe our problem is that we keep thinking our turkey...
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