CHARLES P. PIERCE: Introduction WRIGHT THOMPSON: When Winter Never Ends SAM MILLER: The Aging Curve JACKIE MACMULLAN: When Making the NBA Isn't a Cure-All: Mental Health and Black Athletes CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON: A Terror Way Beyond Falling JOHN BRANCH: Children of the Cube BONNIE D. FORD: Holding Her Own LOUISA THOMAS: Game Plan KERRY HOWLEY: Everyone Believed Larry Nassar BETH DAVIES-STOFKA: Winning at the Cost of Silence HEATHER DINICH, ADAM RITTENBERG, and TOM VANHAAREN: The Inside Story of a Toxic Culture at Maryland Football VIRGNIA OTTLEY CRAIGHILL: The Lost Cause CAITY WEAVER: My Magical Quest to Destroy Tom Brady and Win a Philadelphia Eagles Mini-Fridge at Super Bowl LII JEFF MACGREGOR: Taming the Lionfish CLAY SKIPPER: Joel Embiid Is Seven Feet Tall and Rising NATHAN FENNO: A Killing Still Unresolved BOB HOHLER and PATRICIA WEN: Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football, Inc., Part One: The Secrets Behind the Smile NICK HEIL: Is Kilian Jornet for Real? KATHRYN MILES: Is This Man a Victim? ABE STREEP: What the Arlee Warriors Were Playing For TIM LAYDEN: Fists of Fury KIM CROSS: The Redemption of Artis Monroe JOHN M. GLIONNA: Who's Lookin' for a Fight? MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD: Another Voyage for Madmen (And, This Time, One Woman) JEFF JACKSON: Paradox of Paradise.
The Best American Sports Writing 2019