The National Labor Relations Board has made a landmark ruling in favor of football players at Northwestern University who claim they are school employees. Currently the decision only applies to private schools, but it is expected to reverberate more widely.
Feb 03

Feb 03

By PBS NewsHour
Tonight on the program, we examine the deadly comeback of heroin as use of the dangerous drug in the U.S. has doubled since 2007. Also: Preventing accidents with "talking cars," South Carolina's battle over Medicaid expansion, new media models affecting…
Feb 02

By Megan Thompson
As the NFL rakes in about $10 billion in revenue per year and the winners of Super Bowl Sunday will take home around $92,000 each -- NFL cheerleaders are sometimes paid less than minimum wage for their performances.
Jan 31

While fans gets amped up for the biggest football game of the year, companies are figuring out how to tap into that enthusiasm by adapting to changing media habits and tech use. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Nick Wingfield of…
Jan 29

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
This Sunday, millions of football fans will cheer for the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl and more bets will be placed on the Super Bowl than on any other single-day sporting event. But professional sports…
Jan 14

By Margaret Myers
A federal judge rejected a deal between the NFL and former players. The judge argued that the proposed $760 million may not be enough to cover all retired players who become ill due to head injuries suffered while playing.
Will ex-players find the NFL's head trauma settlement sufficient?…
In our news wrap Wednesday, the first day of 2014 was marked by a papal address, mayoral inaugurations and a series of bowl games for football fans. Also, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily blocked a health care law mandate…
Will changing the 'culture of resistance' in sports reduce youth concussions?…
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