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December 31, 2008
In 2008, the wall between sports and politics, which we are told is as immutable as Gibraltar, was not only challenged, it was
thoroughly breached.
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December 17, 2008
The path to the White House shouldn't be easier than the path to coach college football at Oregon State.
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December 5, 2008
His NFL career shot to pieces for a stupid stunt with a gun, Plaxico Burress now becomes the latest athlete everyone loves to hate.
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November 20, 2008
Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been accused of insider trading. Is he guilty or just a target because of his larger-than-life persona and populist appeal?
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November 7, 2008
All the Denver Broncos wideout wanted to do was celebrate Obama's victory--but his teammates censored him and the media ridiculed him. Why?
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October 22, 2008
Merritt Paulson, son of Henry Paulson, asks the city of Portland to fund his new sports stadiums even though he can afford it.
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October 13, 2008
The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can't make this stuff up.
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October 7, 2008
Politicians routinely manipulate Americans' fixation with sports. But Sarah Palin plays an extreme--and disingenuous--version of the game.
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September 12, 2008
Don Haskins made his mark on college basketball and on America, as he fought to make the hardwood a level playing field for all.
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September 5, 2008
The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.
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August 4, 2008
You can tell right away that Goldberg didn't read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.
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July 30, 2008
If China's leaders believe they've released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.
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July 21, 2008
The Maryland State Police's Department of
Homeland Security has devoted hundreds of hours and thousands of taxpayer dollars to harassing people whose only crime was opposing the war in Iraq and the death penalty.
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July 9, 2008
Mauricia Grant, the first black, female
inspection official in NASCAR history, is suing her former employer for
sexual and racial misconduct. It may be the best thing that's ever
happened to the sport.
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July 3, 2008
Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.
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June 30, 2008
It's a little known fact, but Ralph Nader is seriously interested in sports, which is why he believes there should be a Bill of Rights just for the fans.
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June 25, 2008
Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?
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June 19, 2008
Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.
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June 9, 2008
In South Africa ethnic violence against foreigners is beginning to spread and the growing voice of opposition comes from an unlikely source--soccer stars.
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May 28, 2008
The mother of Pat Tillman reflects on how the Pentagon has distorted the truth about his death and the NFL has exploited the tragedy.
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May 22, 2008
Woods's partnership with Chevron makes a mockery of his late father's hopes for him.
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May 7, 2008
Some sportswriters just don't get it.
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April 28, 2008
For fans, the pigskin meat market is mindless fun, but for young players, football is no fantasy.
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April 21, 2008
The Warriors will miss this year's NBA playoffs, but they can still be winners by reaching out to at-risk youth in Oakland.
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March 31, 2008
A ballpark for rich folks displaces the poor. But the Washington Post fails to utter a discouraging word.
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March 19, 2008
Protest is as much a part of the Olympic tradition as lighting the
torch.
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February 14, 2008
Roger Clemens's face-off with lawmakers moved the guardians of our democracy far beyond the absurd.
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February 4, 2008
A Patriots Super Bowl win was written in the stars. But every once in a while, the double-digit underdog can win.
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January 10, 2008
After days of dithering, the Golf Channel finally suspends a commentator
who joked about lynching Tiger Woods. What took them so long?
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