Nov 19 Jason Collins, first openly gay NBA player, reflects on legacy, life after basketball By Sarah McHaney, Crispin Lopez After a 13-year career in the NBA, Jason Collins, the first openly gay professional basketball player, is retiring. Eighteen months ago Collins came out as gay through a first person article published in Sports Illustrated. In the first line he… Continue reading
Jul 11 Where LeBron James and politics intersect By Domenico Montanaro It’s been a pretty good week for Cleveland. Earlier this week the Republican National Committee announced that Cleveland was its pick to hold the party’s national presidential nominating convention in 2016. And then today the biggest news the city could… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch How should colleges address conflicts between academics, athletics and money? By PBS News Hour Players and fans celebrated the March Madness victory by the University of Connecticut, but the game against the University of Kentucky also highlighted one of the major debates facing NCAA basketball. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from Patrick Harker, president of… Continue watching
Jan 21 What’s a perfect March Madness bracket worth? $1 billion By Margaret Myers The odds are astronomical, but think of the bragging rights you would earn if you filled out a perfect March Madness bracket. This year, it could also earn you a cool $1 billion. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Kim Jong Un’s deadly power play stokes fear in foreign governments Kim Jong Un's deadly power play stokes fear in foreign governments… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Shields, Brooks Debate McConnell’s ‘Watergate,’ NCAA Winner Shields and Brooks Debate McConnell's 'Watergate,' Love and Politics… Continue watching
Apr 05 Shields and Brooks on Redemption Politics and the Final Four By Hari Sreenivasan EmbedVideo(6133, 482, 304); The Doubleheader duo -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- join us again to weigh in on the politics of sport and the sport of politics. First up: former South Carolina… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on Redemption Politics and the Final Four Shields and Brooks on Redemption Politics and the Final Four… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Shields, Brooks on Congressional Escapes and March Madness Shields and Brooks on Congressional Escapes and Winning March Madness Brackets… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch On a Mission for Preservation, Poet Natalie Diaz Returns to Her Roots On a Mission for Preservation, Poet Natalie Diaz Returns to Her Roots… Continue watching