SI True Crime Coverage Hub

SI True Crime, a new ongoing series from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, will dive deep on stories of sports crime and punishment through in-depth storytelling, enhanced photos, video and interactive elements.
Check back often to find new pieces from SI’s award-winning journalists as well as classics from the SI Vault.

He Missed his Masters Moment—and Robbed a Bank Instead
By Jon Wertheim


What to Make of Murph the Surf?
By Brian Burnsed


That Time Obama Pardoned a Guy Who Stole Charlie Sheen's Honus Wagner Card
By Jon Wertheim


By Conor Orr


by Chris Ballard

She Won Athletes' Hearts. And Robbed Them Blind
by Alex Prewitt

You Never Knew Kellen Winslow Jr.
by Robert Klemko

Jerrod Mustaf Is a Community Hero. Has Anyone Ever Googled Him?
by Jon Wertheim

The Violent Life of Eric Naposki
by Michael Cohen

What Happened to the Astros' Hacker?
by Ben Reiter

Running Free
by Jeremy Fuchs

Flight of the Sole Man
by Dan Greene

Operation Stolen Base
by Luke Winn

Beyond Obsession
by Rich Cohen

City on Fire
by Mark Bechtel

The Great Super Bowl Jersey Caper
by Robert Klemko and Jenny Vrentas

Time for O.J. to be Released?
by Michael McCann and L. Jon Wertheim

Breaking the Bank
by L. Jon Wertheim

Indy Car Vice
by L. Jon Wertheim

What Ever Happened to Joseph Randle?
by Dan Greene

The I-5 Killer
by L. Jon Wertheim

The Saint V. The 'Thug'
by Rich O'Brien

Inside the Sam Hurd Drug Case
by Michael McKnight

NFL Star's Path to Murder
by Michael Rosenberg

Who Killed Lorenzen Wright?
by L. Jon Wertheim

Bradley's Violent Crimes
by Michael McKnight with L. Jon Wertheim

The Bull Whisperer
by Michael McKnight

The Boy They Couldn't Kill
by Thomas Lake

Crime and Punishment
by Gary Smith

Muscle Murders
by William Nack

A Tragic Fight
by David Gardner

Murder Shakes Football Town
by Rolf Potts

“I'm Glad I Went to Prison”
by L. Jon Wertheim

The Split
by Michael McKnight

Mookie's Downward Spiral
by Greg Hanlon

The Great Imposter
by Richard Hoffer, special reporting by Don Yaeger

The Biggest Drug Bust in Sports
by Armen Keteyian

Bison Dele: The Lost Soul
by Chris Ballard
