Sport Issues
The case of NFL football star Michael Vick
By Hiram Lee and David Walsh, September 1, 2007
Following a week of intense media scrutiny, Michael Vick, National Football League (NFL) quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, pled guilty on August 27 to federal dogfighting charges. Vick, whose sente...
Australian court endorses Murdoch takeover of rugby league
By Robert Hoffman and John Roberts, January 10, 2001
An acrimonious court case late last year in Australia's Federal Court over the exclusion of a team from the National Rugby League (NRL) spotlights how Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation uses sport to e...
Scandal dogs bidding war over Soccer World Cup
By Chris Marsden, July 12, 2000
The world of international soccer has been gripped by scandal over the awarding to Germany of the right to host the 2006 World Cup. The decision was the result of a controversial vote by the sports ru...
Behind the corruption scandals
Big business demands a corporate Olympics
By Richard Phillips, March 16, 1999
The international media, not known in the past for its criticism of the International Olympic Committee, has over the past six months been the vehicle for seemingly endless exposures of corruption aff...
A reader asks the WSWS to comment on the sacking of England football coach Glen Hoddle
February 19, 1999
Julie Hyland, for the WSWS
Politicians and media defend child boxing tournament in Australia
By Keith Morgan, February 16, 1999
The Australian Amateur Boxing League held a tournament on the Gold Coast in Queensland late last year where children of both sexes as young as nine were put into the ring and egged on to batter each o...
Some issues raised by Michael Jordan's retirement
By David Walsh, January 16, 1999
The retirement of basketball player Michael Jordan, after 13 years as a professional athlete, has generated a massive amount of media coverage. One doesn't write an "astounding amount" of coverage onl...
