Apr 29 Watch Jason Collins Is NBA's First Active Player to Say 'I'm Gay' Jason Collins, a 34-year-old veteran NBA player, has become the first male pro-athlete currently playing one of the four big sports to come out and say he's gay. Jeffrey Brown talks with LZ Granderson, sports writer and columnist for ESPN… Continue watching
Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading
Apr 26 Shields and Brooks on Bush Legacy, NFL Draft By Hari Sreenivasan The musings of syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks return in this, another episode of the Doubleheader, where we tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Our captains of civility… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on Bush Legacy and NFL Draft Shields and Brooks on Bush Legacy and NFL Draft… Continue watching
Apr 19 Boxing Coach Calls Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev 'Very Good Athlete' By News Desk // Bob Russo coached Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he was a competitor at the Golden Gloves amateur nationals in 2009. Tsarnaev, one of the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombings, was killed Friday while in pursuit from police. Photo by Julia… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Tens of Thousands of Spectators, Runners Disperse After Deadly Boston Blasts Tens of Thousands of Spectators, Runners Disperse After Deadly Boston Blasts… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Boston on High Alert After Deadly Blasts Rock Marathon Finish Line The 2013 Boston Marathon was marked by blood and chaos when two explosions went off near the finish line, injuring scores of people and killing two. Gwen Ifill reports on this developing story, including whether a third Boston explosion is… 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
Mar 15 Shields and Brooks on Cruz vs. Feinstein, March Madness By Hari Sreenivasan It's time for another edition of the Doubleheader, when we discuss the politics of sports and the sport of politics with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. This week, in the more serious… Continue reading
Mar 01 Shields and Brooks on March Madness, Sequester By Hari Sreenivasan The Doubleheader is back with the politics of sports and the sport of politics. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I tackle March Madness allegiances, the Oscar picks from last week (that… Continue reading