It’s been a tough week for college basketball, as two separate incidents highlight the bad behavior of players and fans alike. Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State University pushed a Texas Tech “superfan” at the end of a hotly-contested game in…
Has beleaguered New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez finally run out of people and groups to alienate? According to Rodriguez, he’s been mistreated by Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees and the Major League Baseball Players Association. He claims they’re…
Over a week has passed since the explosive Richard Sherman post-game interview with Erin Andrews of Fox Sports immediately following the Seahawks-49ers NFC championship game. I cannot recall another post-game interview with an athlete that has evoked anywhere near the…
If you follow college football, you are probably aware of the exploits of Bobby Petrino, who was recently named the new head football coach at the University of Louisville. This is actually Petrino’s second run as Louisville’s head coach. Consider…
The latest round of voting for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF) was announced recently, and the results once again prompted a great deal of opposing opinions by fans and members of the voting panel alike. Actually, for…
The details of an academic scandal at the University of North Carolina have been known for some time, and Julius Nyang-oro, the former longstanding head of the Afro and African-American Studies Department at UNC, recently was indicted for accepting payment…
The process of “tanking” by a professional team in order to enhance its draft position presents an interesting ethical question. First, by tanking, I mean the situation where a professional team intentionally does not use its best available players in…
Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous international awards, passed away at the age of 95 on December 5, 2013. In terms of a person…
The draw for the 32 participants in the 2014 World Cup will be held December 6 in Brazil, the host country responsible for the massive event that will begin just over six months from now at twelve venues across the…
The college football season is reaching its crescendo, which means that soon the firing season will begin. Head coaches and their staffs will be let go and replaced, and the domino effect of one firing will affect many institutions. We’ve…
