The NFL's Draft Day Hypocrisy
The propagandistic Kevin Costner movie inadvertently highlights just how much pro football doesn't live up to its own ideals.
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Why Hasn't Congress Investigated Corruption in the NCAA?
PED use in baseball merited a Congressional hearing. A similar investigation should be probing into educational institutions' use of athletics and athletes for profit.
Of Course Student Athletes Are University Employees
Objectors to the NLRB's ruling that student-athletes can unionize are glossing over the fact that student-athletes meet all the criteria to be considered employees of their schools.
Baseball's Fancy New Instant-Replay System Is Useless
If MLB really wanted to cut down on umpiring errors, it could skip the bizarre rules of "extended instant replay" and start addressing erroneous ball and strike calls.
Is March Madness a Sporting Event—or a Gambling Event?
Even the tiniest of office pools threaten the integrity of the game, according to the NCAA. But the organization knows that if it weren't for bracketology, the madness wouldn't be so mad.
How to Win $1 Billion on NCAA Basketball: A Mathematician's Tips
Rankings expert and college professor Tim Chartier explains how he uses math to come up with an almost-perfect March Madness formula.
Should Pete Rose Be in the Hall of Fame? Let the Voters Decide
One of baseball's longest-standin
Politics and the African-American Human Language
For the NFL to ban the word "nigger" would be racist.
The Gender Gap in Olympics Coverage: Narrower This Year!
Researchers say NBC spent proportionally more time showing female athletes at Sochi than at previous Games.