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Colorado State graduate and NBA hopeful Wendell Lee Jr. was shot dead outside his girlfriend’s home in 2015. We speak with Lee’s family and others tied to the case to try and make sense of this seemingly senseless bloodshed.

The “godfather of D.C. basketball,” Curtis Malone bred three NBA lottery picks and hundreds of Division I players through his D.C. AAU program. Basketball players were not all Malone dealt in, however.

VICE meets Harlem legend Pee Wee Kirkland. Tracing Pee Wee's life story, we learn of his life as a drug kingpin, an NBA recruit, and a mentor to at-risk youth.

VICE attends a cannabis infused jiu-jitsu tournament, where some of the sports top athletes get high with their opponent before competing - and where the winner's grand prize is a pound of weed.

Red Cards unpacks the shooting of former NFL Saints player, Will Smith. The investigation takes us to New Orleans, a vibrant city with a historically controversial legal system.

VICE investigates the 2007 NBA betting scandal. Jimmy "the sheep" Battista, the scandal's mastermind, reveals the unfiltered story of an NBA ref who bet on his own games.

VICE Sports meets legendary mountain biker Missy Giove to learn how a downhill champ ended up hunted by the DEA for her role in a multimillion-dollar drug smuggling operation.

Jabar Westerman of the Montreal Alouettes used to be a vegan, but he found it difficult to get all of the protein that he needed in one meal. So instead of turning to traditional meat or chicken, he began eating caterpillars.

Hoping to seek pro skater Rick Howard’s approval, VICE’s Taji Ameen scours Craigslist for a bunch of free stuff to see if he and the Lakai team can skate over it

Jalen Ramsey is undisputedly the NFL's most notorious trash talker, but there's a lot more to him than meets the eye. VICE Sports caught up with the all-pro to see what drives the man that everybody hears, but few truly know.

Home to the world’s oldest basketball court and next season’s top international prospect, France has a bigger basketball culture than you think.

Taji and his crew find out if they can skate a ditch in Los Angeles.

It's hard to comprehend the depth of Dražen Petrović's legacy, but look no further than Dario Šarić if you want a place to start.

Carson Storch and Darren Berrecloth take us through what it’s like riding a mountain bike down from the top of the world.

Toronto might be the greatest basketball city in the world.

A handful of local skaters helped us find out if you can shred Trump’s buildings in New York without getting busted by security.

We look at China’s thriving basketball culture through the eyes of the next coming of Allen Iverson, a crazy fan group, and a foreign import.

Turns out swinging battle axes around in full-body armor is pretty good exercise.

Before he was tweeting at Rihanna and owning the internet, Joel Embiid was just a lanky kid from Cameroon discovered by Luc Mbah a Moute. This is how that meeting shaped a basketball nation.

A look at what it's like behind the wheel in a road race without breaks.

Rick explores how skateboarders fetishize their equipment, environment and tricks.

Rick endeavours to understand those on the outside of popular skateboard culture.

Two seasoned pros are immersed into the competitive worlds of freestyle and slalom.

Salvador “Kickstradomis” Amezcua has created beautiful one-of-a-kind sneakers for more than 50 athletes in the NBA— from James Harden to Karl-Anthony Towns.