THE DAMAGE DONE

Football made George Visger the man he is today, for better and for worse. Patrick Hruby »

•  LSU-Bama: An Alabama fan, an LSU fan -- and one night on Bourbon Street they'll never forget. Mark Winegardner

•  Seitz: How FC Dallas goalkeeper became a bone marrow donor. Wayne Drehs

•  Halmans: Bound by baseball, torn apart in psychotic episode. Wright Thompson

•  Trippin': Dock Ellis, the man behind baseball's most psychedelic myth. Patrick Hruby

•  Ryan vs. Ryan: The life of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. Wayne Drehs

•  Tyler Clary: The best male swimmer you've never heard of. Bonnie D. Ford

•  Broken Bow: Coaches Zane Harvey, Anthony Blum fondly remembered. Elizabeth Merrill

•  The Kid Who Wasn't There: Guerdwich Montimere? Or Jerry Joseph? Wright Thompson

•  For Father's Day: A son's baseball career comes to an end. Steve Wulf

•  The Last Ride of Bear and Billy: A struggle to recall the past. Wright Thompson

•  Soccer in the Storm: Bob Bradley coaches the Egyptian team. Wayne Drehs

•  Deadly Games: In Rio, some neighborhoods have become war zones. Wright Thompson

•  Slumdog Golfer: A man, trapped between worlds, chases a dream. Wright Thompson

•  A Man Obsessed: Charlie Wittmack and his quest to conquer the world. Wayne Drehs

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