Mirin Fader

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  • December 6, 2024
    For miles and miles, Ashton Jeanty peered out the window of the team bus, watching the European countryside float past him. It was 2018, and Jeanty was a ninth grader on the Naples...
  • October 4, 2024
    Paige Bueckers glances at the legends gracing the imposing navy-blue walls here in the Connecticut women’s basketball film room. There’s Rebecca Lobo. Maya Moore. Sue...
  • July 30, 2024
    Dozens of little girls in WNBA jerseys lined up to catch a glimpse of Brittney Griner. They screamed as Griner sprinted toward them with a giant smile, extending her hands to...
  • July 26, 2024
    Chase Budinger sinks his feet into the sand and catches his breath. He glances at the ocean, glittering blue and endless, here in Hermosa Beach in Southern California, taking a quick...
  • July 19, 2024
    Simone Manuel stood in front of her hotel mirror, staring at her reflection. She began to pump her arms through imagined water, practicing her freestyle stroke. She needed a jolt of...
  • March 7, 2024
    A fan wearing a white LeBron James Lakers jersey arrives well over an hour before tip-off. Another man sports a wine-colored LeBron Cavaliers jersey here at Haas Pavilion in...