Dave Scheiber: Sampler from Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports and the St. Pete Times
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A feature story for Fox Sports on former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Sam Fuld and his magnetic effect as a role model for youngsters with Type 1 diabetes – a condition Fuld developed when he was 10 yet never let it hold him back. This piece ranked as one of the most-read stories on the Fox Sports national web site the day it appeared.
A 2004 feature I wrote for the St. Petersburg Times about Cooper Manning, the eldest son - and the least known - in the famed football family, and you can't help but wonder what might have been. He doesn't have that problem. When you have to relearn to walk, "just being normal" is enough.
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This is a profile I wrote for Sports Illustrated on one-time two-sports sensation Deion Sanders, while he was trying to decide between a career in baseball, football or both. He did excel in each at the professional level, in fact, before focusing on the gridiron and going on to become an NFL Hall of Famer.
A Sports Illustrated story about 15-year-old Mary Pierce and the intensely difficult road she traveled with her family in professional tennis. 
Part One of the St. Petersburg Times two-part series about then-NBA referee Bob Delaney and his dramatic story of infiltrating the Mafia in the mid-1970s in a real-life Sopranos story. (The story includes a link to Part 2). This series paved the way to a collaboration with Delaney on the 2008 book Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob.
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A Sports Illustrated cover story I wrote on a 13-year-old Jennifer Capriati when she took the women's pro tennis tour by storm, advancing to the finals of her first professional tournament.
An exploration of the scourge of racism in soccer in Europe that threatened to overshadow the 2006 World Cup.
A look back at Tampa Bay Buc history leading up to their first Super Bowl appearance Jan. 26, 2003 – with the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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When the KKK came to Jerome Brown's hometown of Brooksville, Fla., he was waiting with a message of his own. This Sports Illustrated story profiles Brown's meteoric rise and colorful presence with the Philadelphia Eagles, several years before his tragic death in a car accident in Brooksville.
An account for Fox Sports of the off-the-charts, dramatic moment in Tampa Bay Rays history – sending the Rays to the playoffs in Game 162 I was sitting in the Trop press box for that one in disbelief with everyone else watching around the country, wondering how in the world to write what I'd just seen.
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