This Week's Column
The NCAA and Jim Tressel: Giving Eric Cartman the Moral High Ground
In the process of leading the Ohio State Buckeyes to annual glory and becoming the highest paid public employee in the state, Tressel gave the appearance of a humble, God-fearing small-town Ohio coach who had somehow landed his dream job. But Tressel is just a symptom of a far bigger rot at the core of "amateur" athletics.
Recent Columns
Joakim Noah, the NBA and the 'New F Bomb'
There are two conclusions we can draw from this unprecedented recent collision between the National Basketball Association and the politics of LGBT rights. The first is that the Phoenix Suns organization is stepping up to challenge homophobia. The other conclusion is that while outbursts of invesctive are still very much a part of the vocabulary of professional sports, more and more players are saying this is not acceptable.
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There are two conclusions we can draw from this unprecedented recent collision between the National Basketball Association and the politics of LGBT rights. The first is that the Phoenix Suns organization is stepping up to challenge homophobia. The other conclusion is that while outbursts of invesctive are still very much a part of the vocabulary of professional sports, more and more players are saying this is not acceptable.
Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive 60 Minutes and the Feds
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is now up against former friends, teammates and the federal government. I wouldn't bet against him.
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Santana is Booed for Using Baseball's Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights
Atlanta was a brutally awkward setting for Major League Baseball's Civil Rights Game because Friday saw the Governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, sign HR 87, a law that shreds the Civil Rights of the state’s Latino population. Fortunately Carlos Santana was there.
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