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What’s Unsettled About The NFL Concussions Settlement

What’s Unsettled About The NFL Concussions Settlement

Lee Igel August 30, 2013 0

By Arthur Caplan & Lee Igel Forbes.com | August 30, 2013 “Many reactions to the announcement of a settlement between the NFL and 4500 former players who filed a concussion-related lawsuit are clear: the

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Michelle Obama Urges Kids to Stay Active at U.S. Open

Michelle Obama Urges Kids to Stay Active at U.S. Open

Sports and Society Administrator August 27, 2013 0

By Susan E. Matthews Everydayhealth.com | August 24, 2013 “The stadiums that will soon host the likes of Serena Williams and Roger Federer in the U.S. Open opened their courts to a smaller set

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Was ESPN sloppy, naive or compromised?

Was ESPN sloppy, naive or compromised?

Sports and Society Administrator August 26, 2013 0

By Robert Lipsyte ESPN.com | August 25, 2013 “So what’s more damaging to a corporate image: to be considered sloppy, naïve or compromised? Or all three? You get to pick in the wake of

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College Football’s Most Dominant Player? It’s ESPN

College Football’s Most Dominant Player? It’s ESPN

Sports and Society Administrator August 26, 2013 0

By JAMES ANDREW MILLER, STEVE EDER and RICHARD SANDOMIR New York Times | August 24, 2013 “The nation’s annual rite of mayhem and pageantry known as the college football season begins this week, and

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Li Na, China’s Tennis Rebel

Li Na, China’s Tennis Rebel

Sports and Society Administrator August 26, 2013 0

By BROOK LARMER New York Times | August 22, 2013 “The patch of Wimbledon grass known as the Graveyard of Champions was supposedly exorcised four years ago, when the blue-blazered gentlemen of the All

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The Global Dominance of ESPN

The Global Dominance of ESPN

Sports and Society Administrator August 21, 2013 0

DEREK THOMPSON Theatlantic.com | AUG 14 2013 “We’re not looking for niche audiences,” Skipper told me. Instead, ESPN’s flagship channel seeks to maximize the odds that whenever a middle-American male tunes in, he’ll see

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The NFL is Talking About Safety, but Is It Enough?

The NFL is Talking About Safety, but Is It Enough?

Arthur Caplan August 20, 2013 0

Have you seen the ads the NFL is running during exhibition games trying to calm the nerves of worried parents about their kids playing football? Expressing concern is great but a new article out

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College Football Encounters Its Biggest Rival: The Couch

College Football Encounters Its Biggest Rival: The Couch

Sports and Society Administrator August 17, 2013 0

By Brad Tuttle Time.com | August 16, 2013 “The new reality is that some of the biggest, most popular college football programs in the country can’t jack up ticket prices annually, put a decent

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If Pete Rose ‘Stained’ Baseball, Alex Rodriguez Desecrated It

If Pete Rose ‘Stained’ Baseball, Alex Rodriguez Desecrated It

Lee Igel August 7, 2013 0

By Lee Igel & Arthur Caplan Forbes.com | August 5, 2013 “Twenty four years ago this month, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti stood at a lectern and announced that baseball was banning Pete

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Are We Killing Our Sports Gene?

Are We Killing Our Sports Gene?

Sports and Society Administrator August 5, 2013 0

By David Epstein TheDailyBeast.com | August 4, 2013 Are we losing a generation of athletes by overprescribing ADHD drugs? In an excerpt from his new book The Sports Gene, David Epstein writes on new

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