Victor Navasky on Babe Ruth

Stephen F. Cohen on Frank Beard

Jennifer Egan on Monica Seles

Cecile Richards on Carl Yastrzemski

Bob Herbert on Bobby Thomson and Hank Thompson

Ralph Nader on Lou Gehrig

Dahlia Lithwick on Toller Cranston

Adam Gopnik on Joe Namath and Yvan Cournoyer

John Sayles on Roberto Clemente

Dennis Kucinich on Jim Thorpe

Jane Mayer on Arthur Ashe

Dan Rather on Rube Walker

David Remnick on Muhammad Ali

Mark Cuban on Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell