For a stretch of four years from 1993-96, the Sonics were as good as anyone in the West, playing toe-for-toe with, and often beating, the Stockton-Malone Utah Jazz and Hakeem Olajuwon’s Houston Rockets. Those Sonics never won a ring. But in the minds of many, they remain the most vividly memorable Western Conference team of that era. From their wild rise to their run among the best and rapid fall, this is the story of the 1990s Seattle SuperSonics -- told through the eyes of the men who lived it.

The 2001 Miami Hurricanes were the most unique of teams: Born under NCAA sanctions, and hardened by a BCS controversy, which kept them out of the title game a year before. By the time the 'Canes took the field in 2001, no one was going to stop them, and ultimately no one did: Miami averaged almost 43 points a game that season, at a time when it wasn't vogue for college football teams to routinely score 40. The Hurricanes gave up 9.75 points per game on defense, against a schedule that featured five Top 15 teams. Not to mention, they also set an FBS record by beating back-to-back ranked opponents by a combined score of 124-7, and their 26-point victory at Penn State, tied for the worst home loss of Joe Paterno's 46-year career at the school. Their 37-14 victory over Nebraska was more one-sided than it appears on paper; Miami was up 34-0 at halftime, before pulling its starters. Yet the true legacy of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes aren't numbers on a stat sheet ... instead, the names on the roster. Simply put, it's the greatest collection of talent assembled on a college football roster. Guys like Ed Reed, Andre Johnson, Clinton Portis, Jonathan Vilma and Jeremy Shockey were the stars, backed up by future legends like Frank Gore, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle and Kellen Winslow Jr. Overall, 38 players were drafted off the 2001 Hurricanes, including a staggering 17 first rounders (this, after Miami lost four first rounders following the 2000 season). What might be more impressive isn't the number of guys who ended up in the NFL, but what they did once they got there; to date, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes have tallied 43 Pro Bowl appearances (and counting) as a group. The point is, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes weren't just historically good, but transcendentally great. Yet as college football's fans and media constantly compare them to the best teams in the sport today, no one has actually tracked down members of the 2001 team, to ask them how they remember the season, or more importantly, how they believe they stack up.

Maurice Clarett has found a new life, as a motivational speaker who stops by major college football programs, as well as churches, prisons, and elementary schools nationwide. Fox Sports spoke with Clarett and those who have worked with him, about his unique transformation.

Whenever casual college basketball fans bring up the discussion of "teams who changed the sport" the same few always come to mind. Texas Western in 1966 was certainly one. UNLV in the late '80s and early '90s might be another. The Fab Five was, for sure. What most college basketball fans have never taken the time to consider is that there was another team, one that played five years ago, that was as impactful to the current landscape of college basketball as any.

Basketball player is only a small part of who Karl-Anthony Towns is. He is also a golfer. He was once a very good pitcher. He dabbles playing the piano. And, oh yeah, he's an A student — with dreams of a career in medicine. Sure, Towns might look like any other big-time NBA Draft prospect playing in the college game this season. The truth is, he's about as different as any one-and-done star can be.

No, this is a story about Adoree' Jackson and his other sport. His best sport actually: the long jump. And while the world knows Jackson as a football star, they may have no choice but to get to know him as a track star too. Because after taking home state championships in high school, and a Pac-12 championship just a few weeks ago in the long jump, Adoree' Jackson now has his sights set on an NCAA Championship later this week. And if all goes to plan, well, Adoree' expects to be on the Olympic podium next summer in Rio de Janeiro. His coaches believe it can happen. And the crazy thing is, he might not have to give up football to do it.

That's right, long before McIlroy was the No. 1-ranked player in the world, a four-time major champion, and odds-on favorite to win this week's U.S. Open, he was instead a 15-year-old super-recruit, who nearly enrolled at East Tennessee State in the fall of 2005. It may be the greatest recruiting story never told, a chapter of Rory McIlroy's life that virtually no one — not even his biggest fans — knows much about. But while it's a story that virtually no one knows, it's one that Fred Warren will never forget.

Less than two hours after he scored his 2,000th point, on the same night that he cemented himself as a college basketball legend, Wayne Estes was dead. The numbness in his hands became a bizarre footnote to a much larger, unspeakable, one-in-a-million tragedy that took his life. Fifty years after his shocking death, the people who knew Estes best reflect back on the life of a long-forgotten college basketball legend.

At the end of it, I remember walking to the locker room, I had probably 100 text messages and emails on my phone from people who had stayed up all night, and they were like ‘Wow, that was a great game, keep your head up.’” All we could think is, ‘Well, we f*****’ lost.’

Ask around recruiting circles, and the stories of “Randy Moss, high school football player” are legendary. Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden once told Sports Illustrated that Moss was the only player he ever saw who had the same athletic gifts as Deion Sanders (and in a much larger body). Lou Holtz, who won a national championship at Notre Dame, called Moss one of the best high school football players he’d ever seen.

Yes, we’re talking about that Joe Mauer, and what most people forget is that long before he was a major-league superstar, Mauer was also the No. 1 ranked high school football player in the country, a can’t miss pro-style quarterback who signed a letter of intent to play football for Bobby Bowden at Florida State, and the only person to win Gatorade National Player of the Year in both football and baseball. It also raises one of the most interesting “What if?” questions in college football history: What if Joe Mauer had focused on football? How good could he have been? Days before Signing Day, FOX Sports tracked down Mauer and the people who know him best to ask that question.

With the NCAA tournament now down to 16 teams, Monday was supposed to provide college hoops fans a little bit of down time. A little time to sit back, watch some "House of Cards" re-runs, do some laundry, maybe get to the gym ... you know, basically start functioning like a normal human being again.