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Tsjisse Talsma The Dying American Prisoner
Incarcerated people who are dying can apply for “compassionate release” in some states—but very few of them get it. This is the story of one who did.
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USA Today Sports/Reuters The Oregon Ducks Capture the Best and Worst of College Football
A longtime fan wrestles with the violence and viral marketing underlying his abiding fanship for the elite, moneyed team.
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The Scramble to Finish Rio de Janeiro's 2014 World Cup Soccer Stadium
Weather, worker strikes, and structural problems have set back the renovation of the Maracanã Stadium
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Inside the Arizona Fall League, the MLB's Grad School for Top Prospects
Why is the MLB the only major sport to rely on a sprawling farm system?
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The Movie Teachers' Unions Hate, but Everyone Else Should Appreciate
For all its faults, "Won't Back Down" offers a welcome alternative to the standard broken-school film plot.
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The Mexican Drug War Is Not Sexy
Movies, TV shows, and songs have a warped way of portraying the violent conflict.
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Can Soccer Heal Tucson's Wounds?
For the next two weeks, David Beckham, Landon Donovan, and other MLS stars will play in the city as part of the Diamond Desert Cup.
