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Sports
The Triumphs and Hard Times of Gold Medalist Boxer Claressa Shields
Claressa Shields rose from poverty and obscurity to celebrity by winning gold at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Jessica Luther
3.25.15
Sports
'No One Was Tougher': The Story of the NHL's First Black American
Val James was the first black American in the NHL. The story of what he went through to get there is heartbreaking.
Smriti Sinha
2.3.15
Stuff
The British Soldier Who Killed Nazis with a Sword and a Longbow
Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, a.k.a. "Mad Jack," was finally honored this year by the Royal Norwegian Explorers Club for being a crazy bastard who ran screaming into battle armed with a longbow and a sword.
Mark Hay
5.20.14