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2004
DECEMBER
December 22, 2004
Stadium
Deals
Ray Suarez discusses building new stadiums with Andrew Zimbalist, professor
of economics at Smith College and author of "May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics
and Public Policy," and Michael Beyard, economic development expert at the Urban
Land Institute.
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December 9, 2004
Role
Model
A sportswriter and commentator joins correspondent Jeffrey Brown
for a look at the legacy of soccer star Mia Hamm. |
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December 6, 2004
Sports
and Drugs
Jeffrey Brown leads a discussion on Major League Baseball's
steroid scandal with three sportswriters. |
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NOVEMBER
November 22, 2004
Basket
Brawl
Ray Suarez joins Greg Anthony, former NBA point guard and current ESPN
analyst, and Jack McCallum, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, for a look at
the fallout from Friday's player-fan basketball brawl. |
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OCTOBER
October
19, 2004
At
Last!
Ray Suarez speaks with Leigh Montville of the Boston Globe for a look
at the Red Sox's first world championship in 86 years. |
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October 19, 2004
The
Rivalry
The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will face off in game six of the AL championship series. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Leigh Montville,
sports columnist for The Boston Globe, and NewsHour essayist Roger Rosenblatt
about the storied rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.
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AUGUST
August 20, 2004
Olympics
Week
American athletes have swam, scored and vaulted to victory in many events
at the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games this week in Athens. Jeffrey Brown discusses
the Americans' surprise success in gymnastics with former U.S. Olympic gymnast
and coach Muriel Grossfeld and the overall progress of the games with Sports Illustrated
writer Brian Cazeneuve. |
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August 16, 2004
XXVIII
Olympics
The summer Olympics in Athens got underway over the weekend without
any major security or facilities delays, but the U.S. team has struggled so far
in its traditional strengths of basketball and swimming. Jeffrey Brown gets a
progress report on the games from Sports Illustrated writer Brian Cazeneuve in
Athens. |
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JULY
July 12, 2004
Athletes
on Trial
Gold-medal sprinter Marion Jones has avoided indictment in the BALCO
performance-enhancing drug investigation, but she failed in another high-profile
trial, the U.S. Olympic qualifying race for the 100-meter dash on Saturday in
Sacramento, Calif. Ray Suarez discusses the doping scandal with San Jose Mercury
News sports reporter Elliott Almond. |
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MAY
May 20, 2004
Drugs
in Sports
Sprinter Kelli White, who won the 100 and 200 meter races at the
World Track and Field Championships last summer, was banned from the sport for
two years Wednesday after she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Jeffrey
Brown discusses the widening investigation into steroids in sports with New York
Times sportswriter Liz Robbins and Dr. Gary Wadler, a drug-policy adviser for
the White House and the NBA. |
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APRIL
April 5, 2004
Out
at the Old Ballgame
Opening weekend for Major League Baseball came amid league-led
efforts to stamp out the use of steroids. Terence Smith discusses the battle against
performance-enhancing drugs with Buster Olney of ESPN magazine. |
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FEBRUARY
February
26, 2004
Offensive
Behavior
Seven women, including a former place kicker, have accused football
players at the University of Colorado of sexual assault in recent years. Spencer
Michels reports on the investigation at the Boulder campus and what it may mean
for the football program and its coach. |
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February 13, 2004
Drugs
and Sports
The trainer for the San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was
among the people indicted earlier this week in a federal steroid sting. Spencer
Michels looks at the challenges new sophisticated performance-enhancing drugs
are presenting in policing the Olympics and professional sports leagues. |
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February
6, 2004
Changing
the Rules
A federal judge ruled that a 1990 NFL regulation requiring players
to be out of high school for three years before they may join the league violates
antitrust laws and "must be sacked." Ray Suarez gets reaction to ruling from sportswriter
John Feinstein. |
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JANUARY
January 6, 2004
Gambling
on the Game
Pete Rose admitted this week that he bet on baseball but maintains
that he never wagered against his own team. Ray Suarez discusses with Roger Angell,
senior editor for the New Yorker, and author Jim Bouton, a former New York Yankees
pitcher, whether this admission could earn Rose entry into the Baseball Hall of
Fame. |
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January 1, 2004
Cracking
Down on Doping
Twenty-five athletes, including San Francisco Giants
slugger Barry Bonds, were called last fall to testify about their ties to a California
laboratory accused of manufacturing an illegal anabolic steroid never seen before.
Spencer Michels looks at this case and the challenges sophisticated performance-enhancing
drugs are presenting in policing the Olympics and professional sports leagues. |
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