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Inside the Big Air Academy: Gallery

Monday, November 21, 2011

Photographer Cody Doucette provides an all-access tour of the new Red Bull Training Grounds, where pro skiers and snowboarders master their twists and flips.

Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Found Guilty

Thursday, November 3, 2011

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Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been found guilty of trying to sell heavy weapons to Colombian rebels. In January of 2009, we profiled Michael Braun, the DEA bulldog who nabbed him with a daring sting that took five months and more than 100 agents.

Here’s the Key to Your Suite, Mr. Ovechkin

Friday, December 11, 2009

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Here’s the Key to Your Suite, Mr. Ovechkin

When you furnish the world’s best hockey player with a ritzy New York hotel room and the season’s best, um, accessories, you know he’s going to put them to good use. Especially when that player is Alex Ovechkin. (PLUS: ADDITIONAL PHOTOS from the shoot in this month's issue.)

Q&A with Boxing Trainer Freddie Roach

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Boxing trainer Freddie Roach takes us inside his and fighter Manny Pacquiao's strategy for Saturday's WBO welterweight championship and explains why his Parkinson’s is no obstacle as a trainer.

Thai Court Refuses to Hand Over “Merchant of Death” to the U.S.

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Thai Court Refuses to Hand Over “Merchant of Death” to the U.S.

Proving once again how difficult it is to carry out a global war on terror, Viktor Bout, an arms dealer considered a security threat to the U.S. and caught in a daring DEA sting, will remain in Thailand for now.

Hunting Down the Man Who Shot Me

Friday, July 31, 2009

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In 1993, the author was in Moscow covering a political protest when it turned violent, leaving 123 dead. If not for a couple of brave strangers, he would have been No. 124. Years later, he returned, searching for answers.