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A Celebration of Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Shouldn’t Begin and End on April 15th
Wayne McDonnell | Forbes.com April 16, 2013 Our very own Wayne McDonnell wrote this compelling piece on how baseball ought to be honoring the legacy of Jackie Robinson. “It seems as if the customary
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Following The Tragedy – A Collection of Pertinent Boston Marathon News
Cover Image: mashable.com These articles depict the societal moment in which the horrific event of this year’s Boston Marathon took place. Here you can read predictions of the bombing’s impact on the future of
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Terror, Sports & Mega Events
Watch our own Robert Boland discuss the role of terror at sporting events in the wake of the Boston Marathon tragedies. http://watch.bnn.ca/clip906837#clip
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Greinke’s Freakish Injury Will Not Deter the Dodgers from Spending $200 Million on Kershaw
Wayne McDonnell | Forbes.com April 13, 2013 Our own Wayne McDonnell takes a look at Major League Baseball clubs willing to spend north of $100 million on top pitchers in the wake of the
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Winning Doesn’t Take Care Of Everything For Tiger Woods–Or Anybody Else
Winning can get an athlete plenty of desirable rewards. It can bring salary and endorsements. It can bring attractive romantic partners, both real and imaginary. It can bring free food and booze. But can
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What The NFL Crown-Of-Helmet Rule Means For The Future Of Contact Sports
by Arthur L. Caplan & Lee H. Igel Forbes.com | March 21, 2013 Look at what happened yesterday when the NFL owners came together to discuss head injuries during their annual meeting. Led by
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Was The Tel Aviv Marathon Really Too Hot To Handle?
Lee Igel & Arthur Caplan | Forbes.com March 18, 2013 The Tel Aviv Gillette Marathon scheduled for last week was supposed to be the centerpiece of a day full of festivities. But when a
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Does an Apology Make Up for Cheating?
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD | Mar 13, 2013 Medscape Hi. I’m Art Caplan from the New York University Langone Medical Center, where I head the Division of Medical Ethics. I want to talk about
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The Pro sports probe on sexual orientation
Arthur Caplan, Arthur R. Miller and Lee H. Igel NBCNews.com | March 1, 2013 Image via Daily News NYUSSP Chair Arthur Miller and Directors Arthur Caplan and Lee Igel examine probes of sexual orientation
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Tragedies in Boston’s Shadow
Brendan Parent May 14, 2013 0Since the bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 18th where 3 lives were lost and over 100 were injured, a fertilizer plant exploded in West, Texas (14 lives lost, two hundred injured), a
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