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For Mum

It Took Me 10 Years to Write This

A Letter to the Kids of My Country

We Did It, Big Bro

EDITOR'S PICKS

A Letter to NFL GMs

To all the NFL general managers, Ashton Jeanty wants you to read this before the draft: “I truly believe I was born to do this.”

A Letter to NFL GMs

To all the NFL general managers, Ashton Jeanty wants you to read this before the draft: “I truly believe I was born to do this.”

The Fear and The Dark

For Alex Pereira, fear is his ally inside and outside of the octagon. This is the story of how he learned to control it.

Hi Paige

Before UConn takes the court for the national championship game, Paige Bueckers’ little brother, Drew, left his sister a touching message.

Deep Breath, Junior. Deep Breath.

This is Bobby Witt Jr.’s journey, in his own words: “Imagine being 14 years old and the expectation is to make the big leagues. Not the dream, the expectation….. I wanted so badly to be great. So I wanted to do whatever it took.”

FEATURED STORY

Sour

This is the story of Ettore “Big E” Ewen: “I’m someone who didn’t have wildest dreams. I’m someone who, for the longest time, didn’t believe I deserved them.”

Visual Stories

HOCKEY

For Washington

Dylan Strome loves playing for the Washington Capitals: “I thought I might never get to this point — where I might never be on a team like this, in a city like this. I don’t take any of this for granted.”

To Canes Fans

Sebastian Aho knows the Carolina Hurricanes have what it takes to win the Stanley Cup: “I can promise you one thing, Raleigh: Close isn’t good enough.”

For My Brother, the Immortal Jimmy Hayes

Two years ago, Jimmy Hayes passed away. His brother, Kevin, wrote this for him: “You were the best. You were everybody’s hero. We will never stop telling your story.”

WOMEN IN SPORTS

I Want to Remember Everything

Mikaela Shiffrin on losing her dad and the real nature of grief: “Some days, it’s so hard to put one foot in front of the other. That’s grief. That’s being a human.”

This Is For Katie

Naomi Girma pens a letter to Katie Meyer: “There are friends, and then there are true friends. Katie Meyer was a true friend, in every sense of the word.”

Fever

Kelsey Mitchell opens up about losing her father, finding strength in her Fever family, and the WNBA season that changed everything: “This was one of the hardest seasons I’ve ever been through.”

LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF

Letter to My Younger Self

It’s not going to take two days or two weeks for it to hit you that you won the Stanley Cup — it’s going to hit you right then and there.

Letter to My Younger Self

It’s not going to take two days or two weeks for it to hit you that you won the Stanley Cup — it’s going to hit you right then and there.

Letter to My Younger Self

Brandi Chastain pens a letter to her younger self: “People will remind you to never look back — always look forward, in positivity and hopefulness.”

Letter to My Younger Self

Derek Jeter pens a letter to his younger self: “You’re going to live out your wildest dreams. You’ll be a Yankee. A champion. Even a Hall of Famer.”

Letter to My Younger Self

Tarik Cohen pens a letter to his younger self: “It’s almost like, for you, nothing can just be easy and work out and make everyone happy.”