Football, Devastation and Rebirth in Small-town Parkersburg, Iowa

• An all-access story chronicling how high school football helped Parkersburg, Iowa, recover from the devastation of a tornado;

David Tyree’s Spiritual Battle With “The Devil” and NASCAR Prodigy Joey Logano

• An exclusive and emotional profile of Super Bowl XLII hero and New York Giants receiver David Tyree, in his most-revealing interview to-date;
• A  round-the-clock look at 18-year old NASCAR prodigy, Joey Logano – at the track, in the pits, on his boat, at home and at play;
• A look at the Tampa Bay Ray’s # 1 draft pick David Price (2007), a potential late-season call-up for the team, who almost quit baseball in college to work at McDonald’s.  Read more...

Extreme Measures by Parents to Give Kids Athletic Advantage Headlines

• Exclusive report about the extreme measures some parents take to gain athletic advantages for their kids – purchasing sperm from anonymous college athletes;
• How three former Wall Street executives became the architects of the Tampa Bay Rays’ amazing rise from worst to first;
• A look at the mysterious disappearance of Steve Fossett, one of the world’s greatest adventurers; and
• An update on the “blade runner,” Oscar Pistorious, as he readies to compete in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.  Read more...

Features on Reggie Love and Cindy McCain

ESPN’s primetime newsmagazine E:60 will profile two key figures in the presidential campaigns of the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees.  On Tuesday, August 19, at 7 p.m., the ESPN sports-based, long-form feature program will tell of the unique route former Duke University football and basketball player Reggie Love took to become Senator Barack Obama’s personal assistant.  Read more...

Olympian Dara Torres in Previous Episode

ESPN's primetime newsmagazine E:60 will return for 14 weekly episodes beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m. ET.  The multi-subject program, on a scheduled break since May 13, will be aired each Tuesday at that time through November 11 – the most episodes in one stretch since E:60’s debut October 15, 2007.  Read more...