ESPN and Sports Illustrated surely didn’t coordinate their stories on the NCAA and other investigations in sports. But taken together, the pieces show troubling issues for those who try to keep sports fair. The main Sports Illustrated piece isn’t available online as far as…
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NCAAmageddon and the numbers
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The NCAA has released updated numbers on how much money is being flushed down the pipes at your local athletic department, and Sports Law Blog relates it to the sure-to-be-landmark O’Bannon vs. NCAA case. I think O’Bannon has a case…
Sharpest Title IX comment in a while
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I’m a little uneasy with Sally Jenkins’ comments since her co-author Lance Armstrong’s downfall, and I do think Title IX enforcement is getting counterproductive in spots. But Jenkins has a lively wit, and when she’s right, she’s a joy to…
A perfunctory Duke lacrosse legal update
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Remember April 2011, when I took a peek at the latest developments in the Duke lacrosse players’ legal action (filed by the players who were NOT wrongly accused of rape) against the school? And then a bunch of people flooded…
The race to be “first” claims another victim
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Cross-posting at Mostly Modern Media Today, we hear Robert Griffin III will have surgery on one ligament and possibly another, but he’s likely to be back next season. That’s not what we heard earlier in the week from WRIC News 8 in…
Traveling in China: A classic tale from the archives
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Perhaps it’s self-indulgent to post a 4-year-old first-person travelogue. But this was probably the most popular post on my “profile-page blog” at USA TODAY, and that profile page has finally disappeared. Anticipating this problem, I saved the text. And since…
No, you didn’t have to win by 105 points
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It’s astounding that whenever one of these high school basketball blowouts like this week’s 107-2 thriller in Indiana pops up, some dudes always pop up to say, “Oh yeah, well, you wouldn’t want the other team to just stop playing.…
Is a major in sports really any worse than my music major?
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Should athletes have the opportunity to major in sports? Yes, argues a piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which recently offered yours truly a special deal for “university professionals” in a reassuring demonstration that advertisers do not know everything about you.…