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The Penn State Scandal: Ceding Personal Responsibility To Institutional Bureaucracy
In high school, I would run near the local athletic fields at dusk still thick with the summer heat to ready myself for football two-a-days. I’d blast rap through my Walkman, mentally disassociate myself from the furnace around me, and repeat nonsensical mantras in my head to make it through...
To What Extent is Mark Richt's Job Security Affected by Scandals at Rival Schools?
Ours are tumultuous times. SEC signal callers are preparing to be better wives, and non-AQ quarterbacks are marrying men---not that there’s anything wrong with that!---and the NCAA has gotten a tad more, shall we say, assertive lately, which adds another element of intrigue to the ongoing Mark...
CBS/SI Investigation of Crime & College Football Finds Husker Program Better Than Others - But Nothing to Be Proud Of
CBS News and Sports Illustrated have combined their resources to perform an expose on college football players with legal problems. They focused on last season's preseason Top 25, and found that Nebraska ranked in a tie for 19th place in terms of players with a police record with four. That's...
Yet Another Update in the Sonnen Saga: The UFC Suspends Chael Sonnen
TMZ Sports spoke with UFC president Dana White: Just yesterday, Sonnen pled guilty to money laundering in connection with mortgage fraud -- and now UFC president Dana White tells us Sonnen's contract has been temporarily "frozen." But White isn't turning his back on one of his most famous fighters...
Chael Sonnen Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Faces up to 20 Years, $500,000 Fine
Chael Sonnen has a lot more to worry about than a simple licensing suspension, via the Lake Oswego Review: A licensed Realtor from West Linn, Sonnen admitted before a judge Monday that he conducted a financial transaction designed to hide or disguise the ownership and control of proceeds of...
"This is my Louis Vuitton, and this is my fur. Deal with it."
One of my old journalism school classmates, Andrew Harmon, has a great article in the Los Angeles Times today about the evolution of U.S. male figure skating fashion. Here's an excerpt: Skaters used to be threatened with point deductions for outlandish costumes. Not so under the sport's current...
More About "Outside the Lines"
Here is some great backstory from Lifeskate about the "Outside the Lines" interview regarding the 2002 Olympic judging scandal. The program aired last weekend on ESPN.
Anatomy of an Anticipated Storyline
UPDATE: Wiz has updated his original post to point out that the man in question is Lane and the blonde in question is indeed Layla. He also very graciously cites this post. A hearty hat tip to the Wiz, who was undoubtedly time-constrained or he would have sleuthed it all out himself. It's...
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