Athletes

Getting a Grip on Fan Behavior in College Sports

Myles Brand | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment


Myles Brand

There is something very wrong taking place in sports, including college sports. Fans cheering and jeering has, in some cases, gone beyond what is tolerable.

The Power Of The GuluWalk

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living


Julia Moulden

How was your week? Mine started off with a client meeting, talking with a CEO about what he wanted to see in a speech I'm writing for him. We had a l...

Brett Favre and the State of Man

Gordon Marino | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment


Gordon Marino

For all of their fast cars and stock options, depression is usually waiting for retiring athletes in the parking lot. Favre is wise enough not to cut himself off from a rare source of fellow feeling before his time.

Why The Capitalism Argument on Pay for Play Doesn't Work

Myles Brand | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment


Myles Brand

All but 20 Division I schools subsidize their teams because athletics doesn't generate enough to cover expenses; adding a budget line for salaries would undoubtedly mean cutting sports.

The Crying Season in Football

Andrew Brandt | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business


Andrew Brandt

In the NFL, free agency raised the bar at the top of the pay scale and created long-term ramifications for players watching the marketplace race past the contracts they signed in recent years.

Olympic Ambush Watch: Athletes, Tattoos, T-Shirts and Amnesty International

Monroe Price | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media


Monroe Price

If athletes genuinely want to express their opinion, that's fine. But let's not forget, there is also the right not to express an opinion. Athletes should feel no moral obligation to speak out.

Is Golf a Sport? Seriously.

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.12.2008 | Entertainment


Dave Hollander

Just because it's difficult doesn't mean it's a sport. Computer programming and brain surgery are difficult. They are not sports. Just because you compete doesn't make it a sport either.

Billionaire Funds Athletes To Boost India's Olympic Run

Wall Street Journal | Jackie Range | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business


At the Athens Olympics in 2004, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, like millions of other Indian sports fans, was distressed: There was hardly anyone to ch...

Sports: Gymnastics Results at Madison Square Garden

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.01.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

At the Olympics a few months from now, you couldn't beg your way into an event like this. But Saturday in the heart of New York City, it was a bummer to see so many empty seats.

Study: Average Steroid User Not Athlete, But Regular Guys Trying To Look Good

Time | MICHAEL D. LEMONICK | Posted 10.13.2007 | Home


Anyone who follows the news probably has a picture of the typical steroid user: an elite athlete -- a home-run hitter, say -- trying to get an edge on...

Sports: How to Fix Tennis

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.31.2007 | Living


Michael Giltz

It's going to take a major figure like Billie Jean King being given real power and about five years or so to re-align the entire sport. But if they do it, tennis will explode in excitement.