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After years of abject irrelevance, the Seattle Mariners suddenly became the team of Ken Griffey Jr., one of the most beloved athletes in American history. The Toilet Years were over. The era of anonymous cellar-dwelling had ended. Now, they found themselves in the fight of their lives, battling the California …

The last few seconds of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final between North Carolina and Villanova contained way more than a few seconds of drama. There’s the shot that ended the game, and the shot that came right before that … but that’s not all. To really appreciate this …

We mean it. “Arson will get you a baseball team” is not the lesson here. In fact, there is no lesson at all. There is only the Seattle Mariners, who in their early years did nothing but screw around and play out some of the weirdest stories in the history …

JaVale McGee and Shaquille O’Neal are two NBA big men of different styles, shapes, and generations. You might not think they’d have beef as they rarely saw each other on the court, but as Shaq moved into his role as analyst with a big personality, their adversarial relationship developed. They …

It’s the 2006 Women’s NCAA Tournament, and Candace Parker is dribbling toward the basket with a head of steam. It … kind of looks like she’s about to dunk. What if she does? Well, this is where it’s worth reflecting on some history, both long- and short-term. Broadly speaking, dunking …

Jon Bois is not a Seattle Mariners fan. Neither is Alex Rubenstein. But neither of us can deny that the Mariners are the most fascinating franchise we’ve ever seen. It would take a three-hour documentary series to truly capture their essence, so that’s what we’ve made. This is a six-part …

This is what it takes to slay a dragon. In the semifinal of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Mississippi State faced about as mighty an opponent as you can imagine. The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team had not lost a tournament game in years. They’d won 111 straight games overall. …

Richard Sherman’s beef with Jim Harbaugh was petty, never-ending, and altered both of their careers. It started at Stanford where Harbaugh coached Sherman for four years. It didn’t take long for their relationship to get rocky and spill into all of our views. From a position change to both player …

Becky Hammon is one of the greatest WNBA players ever — a testament to the immense skill and impressive rise of the undrafted 5’6 guard. However, unlike most WNBA greats, Hammon never won a championship as a player. And she certainly had her chances? Why? Well, Hammon had some chances …

Lance Armstrong and Greg Lemond are the only Americans to ever win (or “win”) the Tour De France multiple times. And while these cycling heroes could have enjoyed a passing-the-torch type relationship, they did not. Because like all things Lance Armstrong, performance-enhancing drugs dominated the narrative. And before you know …