Sep 29 Watch Red Sox, Braves Strike Out in Wild Card Chase The final night of Major League Baseball's regular season -- known as "Wild Card Wednesday" -- ended with four teams vying for two spots in the postseason. Jeffrey Brown reports on the dramatic final innings and the dramatic defeats for… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Ex-NCAA Official: Student Athletes Aren’t Workers, Shouldn’t Be Paid In response to Monday's interview with historian Taylor Branch about the idea of college students who play sports being paid, the NCAA made available Joe Crowley, a historian, former member of NCAA committees and former president of the University of… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Taylor Branch: ‘Only Custom and Fiat’ Keep College Athletes From Sharing Profits Big Money, Big Controversy Surround College Sports… Continue watching
Sep 02 Shields and Brooks(es) on Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney, NCAA Football Scandals By Quinn Bowman // Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks (plus his son) joined Hari Sreenivasan Friday for another edition of The Doubleheader, where the guys weigh in on the battle for the top spot in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Amid New NCAA Football Scandals, ‘The Root of the Problem Is Money’ After a series of offseason ethics scandals, the most explosive involving the University of Miami, college football kicks off its season this weekend. Jeffrey Brown discusses the recent space of scandals with Kevin Blackistone of ESPN and the University of… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch NCAA Football Kicks Off Season Under Cloud of Controversy The college football season kicks off this weekend amid swirling controversies over offseason ethics scandals -- the most explosive involving the University of Miami and a former booster. Overall, at least 10 major programs have faced investigations or punishment in… Continue watching
Aug 26 Shields and Brooks on Rick Perry’s Rise, Cheney’s Book and Peyton Manning It has been forever and a day since we got the band back together. By that, I mean of course syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to talk about the politics of sport and the… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch For Legendary Coach Summitt, Next Opponent Is Dementia Diagnosis Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball history, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Hari Sreenivasan talks to her son Tyler Summitt and The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins about how the coach is coping and staying focused on… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Girl Up Campaign Helps Teens Empower Peers Around the Globe Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation campaign, is helping adolescent American girls make a difference in the lives of peers around the globe. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 18 Petraeus Hands Over Afghan Command, Cameron Calls for Emergency Session Gen. David Petraeus passed command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan to Marine Gen. John Allen as he prepares to take command of the CIA. Gen. Allen comes to Afghanistan after a stint as deputy commander at U.S. Continue reading