Maradona is one of the forerunners in the discussion for greatest player of all time, and it’s easy to see why. His speed and brilliance on the field were legendary, as was his confidence and showmanship. It was his excess on the field that made his play so attractive, and it was also his excess...

Imagine being a national hero, one of the greatest athletes to ever come around in the history of your entire sport. Imagine winning just about every single trophy you could possibly win over the course of a career that stretched almost twenty years. Now imagine that, at the end of it, one angry,...

The 2007 Women’s World Cup was supposed to be a crash course between the defending champions, Germany, and the USA, whom the Germans had embarrassed in the semifinals of the previous World Cup. No one, however, told that to a 21-year-old, who turned the women’s game on its head by leading Brazil...