The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pushes participants to the brink on an unforgiving trek to the end of the world. And, as one writer who tracked the race by air discovers, that is exactly the point.

In 1810, a freed slave named Tom Molineaux fought in one of the most important fights in the history of boxing. This is his story.

The story of Escobar’s death is tragic and violent. His life was anything but.

A sumo wrestling tournament. A failed coup ending in seppuku. A search for a forgotten man. How one writer’s trip to Japan became a journey through oblivion.