Apr 05 Watch 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. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Offensive Behavior After several women accused University of Colorado football players of raping or sexually assaulting them at recruitment parties, a special prosecutor will be named to launch an investigation into whether the university used alcohol and sex parties to recruit star… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 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… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 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… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 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… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Cracking Down on Doping Twenty-five athlete were called last fall to testify about their ties to a 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… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Financially Viable Women's Sports Young women have established themselves on the playing fields of America, but the professional women's soccer league was forced to fold earlier this year. Kwame Holman reports that female athletes and their promoters are taking their best shot to establish… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Sports Fans Roger Rosenblatt considers the engagement of the common fan in the arena of professional sports. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch In Memoriam: Legendary Jockey Bill Shoemaker Bill Shoemaker died in his sleep at his home near Los Angeles. Shoemaker won 8,833 horse races, including 11 Triple Crown events. Jay Hovdey, columnist for the Daily Racing Form and friend of Shoemaker, remembers the remarkable career of a… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Playing by the Numbers As two historically "cursed" baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, drum up hopes for a trip to the World Series, Paul Solman explores how economists see behavioral theories at work in baseball and its management. Continue watching