Illegal gambling in baseball goes back at least as far as the Black Sox scandal of 1919 when the eight players conspired to lose the World Series. Seventy years later, MLB excommunicated Pete Rose from baseball for betting on games while working as a manager. These...
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College athletes move closer to becoming employees
Dartmouth University is an Ivy League school with a rich academic tradition but no sports powerhouse. Nevertheless, the school's basketball team made national news when it announced that its members voted 13-2 on March 5 in favor of unionizing. On March 14, the...
2 basketball scoring records fall, while one is questioned
Records are not just numbers; they're testaments to human excellence. Iowa basketball’s Caitlin Clark is shattering expectations and laying the groundwork for a legendary career. LeBron James's legend is already assured with titles and statistics that surpass NBA...
Jim Harbaugh back in the NFL
Coach Jim Harbaugh apparently has had enough of college football, at least for the moment, when he took a job as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. Harbaugh ended his tenure as University of Michigan’s head Coach with a College Football National Championship. It...
NFL is all in on gambling
The Kansas City Chiefs' comeback win of the Super Bowl took place in Las Vegas for the first time. Sin City is also now home to the Raiders football franchise. These are just two examples of a significant shift over a few short years ago by the NFL, which previously...
Looking forward to the Paris Olympic Games
As the world eagerly anticipates the arrival of the 2024 Paris Olympics, July 26 - August 11, there is a growing sense that these Games will captivate the U.S. and global audience to a degree not seen in recent iterations. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing...
The Messi effect
Lionel Messi is a generational player whose name is uttered in hushed tones alongside Pele. The final jewel in his crown was leading Argentina to World Cup championship in 2022. After establishing his legend with Barcelona and recently playing a difficult two years...
Women’s professional hockey breaks the ice ceiling
Women’s sports have come a long way since Title IX. The latest arrival is the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). The league made “herstory” in 2024 with a 72-game schedule played by six teams playing 12 home and 12 away games. Several years in the making, this...
LIV signs Jon Rahm
The Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf scored a significant victory when it managed to land reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm. After months of saying he wasn't interested in switching to LIV, the Spaniard softened his stance and then made the announcement, collecting a...
Ohtani’s contract is a game changer
Shohei Ohtani's play on the baseball diamond has surpassed the loftiest of expectations as both a pitcher and a batter. Now baseball’s greatest two-way player has the contract reflect that: he signed a $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. This figure...