Sport Issues
The death of Joe Paterno and the Penn State scandal
By Hiram Lee, January 27, 2012
Legendary college football coach Joe Paterno, demonized in the media for his role in the Penn State scandal, died January 22 at the age of 85.
Basketball team owners prevail as NBA lockout ends
By Matthew Brennan, December 6, 2011
After a five-month lockout, the players and the owners in the National Basketball Association have tentatively agreed to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Issues involved in the National Basketball Association lockout
By Matthew Brennan, November 24, 2011
The high profile labor dispute over a new collective bargaining agreement between National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners and players appears to have reached an impasse.
Letters on the Penn State scandal
November 17, 2011
Letters in response to The Penn State scandal and sports in America
The Penn State scandal and sports in America
By David Walsh, November 15, 2011
The scandal currently enveloping Penn State’s football program, involving alleged child abuse by a former coach at the school, has dominated much of the American media for the past week.
The deaths of three hockey “enforcers:” The tragic contradictions of professional sports
By Jack Miller, September 26, 2011
Three current or former National Hockey League players, all of them known as “enforcers,” have died this year either by suicide or as the result of alcohol and drugs.
The 2018 Winter Olympics: Money and power
By Werner Albrecht, July 12, 2011
Major sporting events today are all about national prestige and big business, with corruption, bribery and doping playing ever-increasing roles.
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files for bankruptcy
By Alan Gilman, July 4, 2011
Owner Frank McCourt has looted as much as $200 million from the celebrated franchise.
Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose dies, aged 62
By Richard Phillips, May 27, 2011
Lionel Rose will be remembered long after the well-heeled politicians “paying their respects” have left the scene.
The Pacquiao phenomenon in the Philippines
By Joseph Santolan, May 9, 2011
Like almost every boxing figure before him, Manny Pacquiao came from a life of grinding poverty. It is this history—the intimate shared reality of suffering and struggle—that the vast majority Filipinos identify with.
US football player targeted for criticizing celebration of Bin Laden killing
By Jerry White, May 7, 2011
The media and corporate sponsors have gone after Pittsburgh Steeler running back Rashard Mendenhall for criticizing the jingoistic celebrations following the killing of Bin Laden.
The Pakistani cricket match-fixing scandal
By Tom Peters, September 21, 2010
The media campaign and charges against Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt reveal the extent to which cricket has become dominated by commercial imperatives.
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