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Features on the Oct. 7 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s prime-time sports newsmagazine E:60: Ugueth Urbina He was one of the best relievers in baseball, a two-time All-Star and World Series champion. But his actions one night in October 2005 cost Ugueth Urbina everything, including his freedom. On his ranch in rural Venezuela, Urbina accused several men working as day laborers of stealing a gun. He attacked them with a machete, poured gasoline on them and lit them on fire. He was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 14 years in a Venezuelan prison. Now, after nearly three years […]

Posted by Cubicle QB Features on the Sept. 30 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Brian Kajiyama’s “Heart of a Warrior”: Brian Kajiyama was born with cerebral palsy, which stripped him of his ability to speak and confined him to a wheelchair. However, his affliction has never been an impediment for the Hawaii native. Instead, it has propelled him to break as many barriers as possible. As a boy, he dreamed of playing football for the University of Hawaii Warriors. And while he knew this would never happen, Brian did become the team’s biggest fan. By the […]

Features on the Sept. 16 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Touchdowns and Tornadoes — Parkersburg, Iowa, is a small rural town of 1,900 residents where high-school football is king. Despite its size, under the stewardship of head coach Ed Thomas, the football program has produced four current NFL players (Jacksonville Jaguar Brad Meester, Detroit Lion Jared Devries, Denver Bronco Casey Weigmann and Green Bay Packer Aaron Kampman). When the town was hit by a tornado on May 25, the community rallied around its coach to get the Aplington-Parkersburg High School football field ready to host the […]

Posted by Cubicle QB Features on the Aug. 26 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60: Sperm U — Kids today are competing in organized sports at younger ages and with greater intensity because parents see the rewards that come with athletic achievement (college scholarships, pro salaries), as well as the consequences for children who fall behind early (physical inactivity, obesity). As such, parents resort to extreme measures to give their kids a fighting chance. E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey exclusively reports the story about the ultimate effort to buy athletic advantage — the purchase of sperm from anonymous […]

Posted by Cubicle QB Sports and politics come together beginning this week on ESPN’s sports newsmagazine series E:60. Reggie Love (Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7pm ET) — The name Reggie Love may not mean much to the public at large, but for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he’s been a constant presence. Love is the personal assistant, more commonly referred to as a “body man,” to Barack Obama, and is always by the senator’s side. The former Duke University football and basketball player tried to make it in the NFL. But after unsuccessful tryouts with the Packers and Cowboys in […]