Daniel Norris signed a bonus worth just over $2 million to join the Blue Jays organization out of high school. While life on the road becomes normal for any pro athlete, the 21-year-old takes things to the next level by spending his summers living in a Volkswagen camper van. VICE Sports traveled down to Blue Jays Spring Training to meet one of the sport's top pitching prospects.
Welcome to the latest in VICE's digital family of channels, where you'll find the best athlete and fan stories on the web. The new channel is home to a host of different series telling the best stories about athletes, fans and everything interesting that happens outside the stadium. Welcome to VICE Sports.
Tired of the run-of-the-mill and cliche riddled interviews that dominate sports media? VICE Sports Meets is the antidote, digging into the lives of your favorite stars and seeing what really makes them tick.
Some call Kentucky vs. Louisville the greatest rivalry in college sports. And though they only play once or twice in a season, their fan bases battle all year long. VICE Sports went down to the Blu...
With a former major leaguer as a father, and a slew of cousins and uncles who played the game, Dee Gordon was pretty much destined to become a baseball player. Except he kept resisting, and was alm...
Slava Fetisov served as one of the cornerstones of the USSR's powerhouse hockey teams of the 1980's. In this VICE Sports exclusive he shares his experiences, from coming of age as a phenom in The S...
Nigel Sylvester might be BMX's most recognizable figure, but his life and career are anything but typical of the sport. With several major endorsements, a clothing line and riding videos featuring ...
Nigel Sylvester might be BMX's most recognizable figure, but his life and career are anything but typical of the sport. With several major endorsements, a clothing line and riding videos featuring ...
A trip home to Sacramento for Matt Barnes means confronting ghosts of his troublesome past: a drug dealing father, being threatened by the KKK for protecting his sister, and living near dangerous g...
Mitch McGary tested positive for marijuana after helping Michigan to a Sweet 16 win over Tennessee and was facing a one-year suspension from college ball. In a VICE Sports exclusive, McGary reflect...
The NFL receiver has over 8,000 yards in his career, but he's probably best known for shooting himself in the leg accidentally while at a New York club in 2008. In this exclusive VICE Sports Sitdow...
At this point, Kelly Slater is pretty much synonymous with surfing. The 11-time world champ stopped by the VICE Sports offices to sit at the bar and talk shop. He touched on the animosity between d...
Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic may not be the Aaron Gordon of VICE Sports, but he's still a pretty chill guy. In this quick chat with VICE Sports, Gordon discusses leaving Arizona for Orlando, T...
Players come and go, teams drop in and out of contention, but the rabid devotion of a superfan never wanes. We scour the globe to meet the most devoted of the bunch.
Don’t be fooled: Mixed martial arts is a world of rebels, moralists, spiritualists, historians, eccentrics, and nerds—men and women dedicated to mastering the fine art of fighting. Fightland is VICE’s take on this ever-evolving culture—exploring the international influences that make up the world of MMA.