Caitlin Dwyer
Squash on the Hill. Sport Literate, vol. 10, no. 2
Charli Elliott
A Perfect Game. Awesome Sports Project, April 25
Nathan Fenno
“That’s Not the De’Von I Know.” Los Angeles Times, July 6
Peter Flax
Inflection Point. CyclingTips.com, October 29
Bonnie D. Ford
The Race That No One Could Take Away from Shalane Flanagan. ESPN.com, November 6
Robert Jose Andrade Franco
GGG Brands Himself as the Macho Alternative to Canelo and Mexican Fans Love Him for It. Remezcla, March 16
Jason Gay
The World’s Fastest Woman. Wall Street Journal, January 6
Lindsay Gibbs
Michigan State Hasn’t Faced Consequences for Enabling the Biggest Sex Abuse Scandal in U.S. Sports. Think Progress, November 27
Caitlin Giddings
To the Stars, Through Difficulty. Bicycling, November/December
Lee Glandorf
The Displacers. Journal, TrackSmith.com, October 27
Allison Glock
When the Game Is Over. ESPN.com, October 3
Ryan Goldberg
The Drug Runners. Texas Monthly, July
Latria Graham
Field of Dreams. Our State, November
Matt Grant
In a Swimming Pool, Learning to Trust. Longreads, August 1
Dan Greene
What Ever Happened to Joseph Randle? Sports Illustrated, January 4
Elisa Haggarty
My First Love. Awesome Sports Project, April 11
Rahawa Haile
Going It Alone. Outside, April
Kathleen Hale.
First I Got Pregnant, Then I Decided to Kill the Mountain Lion. Elle, February 14
Erik Hall
Gay College Football Player Says He Is Risking Nothing by Coming Out. Outsports, February 8
Shawn Hamilton
American Pimps. The Baffler, November 22
Devon Heinen
Running for His Life. The Atlantic, December 3
Maggie Hendricks
These Chicago Students Stay Off the Streets by Whistling Fouls. USA Today / For the Win, March 30
Leigh Ann Henion
Target Lessons. Washington Post Magazine, March 19
David Hill
Phil Ivey’s Semi-Bluff. The Ringer, July 13
Benjamin Hochman
Nearly 50 Years Ago, Big Red’s Meggyesy Staged His Own Anthem Protest. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 22
Baxter Holmes
The NBA’s Secret Addiction. ESPN: The Magazine, March 27
Jayson Jenks
Semaj Booker Made National News at Age 9 for Running Away. Seattle Times, June 30
Bret Anthony Johnston
Dropping In. Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer
Whitney Joiner
72 Women. 1250 Miles. No GPS. Marie Claire, September.
Chris Jones
Can Baseball Turn a 27-Year-Old into a Perfect Manager? New York Times Magazine, September 14
Tom Junod and Seth Wickersham
Tom Brady’s Most Dangerous Game. ESPN: The Magazine, November 13
Zak Keefer
Defining Moment. Indianapolis Star, November 12
Brianne Kohl
Men Stop Me Running. Catapult, November 13
Robert Langellier
The Fighting Azov Dolphins. Roads and Kingdoms, February 15
Frances Lefkowitz
When I Was Invincible. The Sun, June
Jessica Luther
A Team of Their Own. Bleacher Report, July 12
Jeff Maysh
Swan Song. Howler, March 23
Gary McDowell
Rhythm Is Originally the Rhythm of the Feet. Southern Review, Winter
Zack Meisel
The Old Man and the Seat. Cleveland.com, August 18
Dvora Meyers
The U.S. Gymnastics System Wanted More Medals, and Created a Culture of Abuse to Get Them. Deadspin, May 1
Sam Miller
Skunk in the Outfield. ESPN.com, August 17
Alexis Okeowo
Mark Osteen
A Man Down There. New Letters, vol. 82, nos. 2 and 3
Sam Patterson
Chaos on the Right Wing. Howler, Fall
Nick Paumgarten
Quitters. Sewanee Review, Fall
Marc Peruzzi
The Gravitas of Doingness. Mountain Magazine, February
Mary Pilon
Inside the NFL’s Domestic Violence Punishment Problem. Bleacher Report, January 31
Brett Popplewell
Head Games. The Walrus, September
Liz Prato
Flights of Two. Sport Literate, vol. 10, no. 2
S. L. Price
The Fairy Tale and the Nightmare. Sports Illustrated, July 24
Sarah Nicole Prickett
The (Re)Selling of Maria Sharapova. Longreads and Racquet, April
Ben Reiter
The Seeker. Sports Illustrated and Longform, August
Sam Riches
Michael Joyce’s Second Act / The Never Ending Tour. Longreads and Racquet, January
Kent Russell
Fighting with Their Fists to Put a Period in a Basket. n+1, May 5
Paul Sagar
Rules of Ascent. Aeon, May 8
Heather Sellers
Pedal, Pedal, Pedal. The Sun, January
Dave Schilling
70 Hours in Hell at the Mayweather-McGregor Fight in Vegas. Bleacher Report, August 25
Robert Silverman
Jumpin’ Joe. Victory Journal, 12
Clay Skipper
Kirk Cousins Believes. But Does Anyone Else? GQ, September
Aaron Skirboll
When a Magician’s Curse Swung Boxing’s Biggest Bout. Narratively, November 29
Floyd Skloot
Into the Rafters. Harvard Review Online, September 20
Austin Smith
The Lords of Lambeau. Harper’s, January
Joanne Solomon
When It Takes Being Thrown to Learn How to Land. Longreads, June
Rachel Stark
An Uncommon Conversation. NCAA Champion, November 21
Alexandra Starr
Pushing the Limit. Harper’s, November
Dan Steinberg
This Is What 30 Years of Caps Disappointment Looks Like, in One Column. Washington Post, May 11
Kurt Streeter
A Runner in Exile. ESPN: The Magazine, May 1
Mathew Teague
Racing the Storm. Smithsonian, July
Rick Telander
A Season Under the Gun. Chicago Sun-Times, February 21–26
Louisa Thomas
Nick Kyrgios, the Reluctant Rising Star of Tennis. The New Yorker, July 10–17
Tisha Thompson and Andy Lockett
I Just Wanted to Survive. ESPN.com, June 29
Tommy Tomlinson
A Racing Mind. ESPN: The Magazine, February 27
Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham
Roger Goodell Has a Jerry Jones Problem. ESPN: The Magazine, December 4
Laura Wagner
How SB Nation Profits Off an Army of Exploited Workers. Deadspin, August 14
L. Jon Wertheim
Indy Car Vice. Sports Illustrated, January 16
Laura Yan
Never Die. Victory Journal, 12
Dave Zirin
The Houston Stadium Grift Comes Home to Roost. The Nation, August 31
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