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On Olympic Bribery (Sports)

'Twas said the honest folks of Salt Lake City

Deplored sins large and even itty-bitty.

But, trying for the Games, they thought it pretty

Calvin Trillin
Floating Like a Butterfly... (Sports, Biography)

In October in Las Vegas, Mike Tyson went before the Nevada Athletic
Commission to ask it to reinstate his boxing license, which had been
suspended after Tyson took a bite out of Evander Holyfie

David Levi Strauss
O'Malley's Double Play (Sports)
David Cort
It Seems to Heywood Broun (Sports, From the Archive, Society)

Baseball is deservedly known as our national sport, for in the World Series just ended in triumph for the Athletics it was evident that the games contained most of the characteristic phases of American life: shrewdness, skill, sentimentality and downright luck. 

Heywood Broun

Blogs

Arrogance of Ownership: The NFL Lockout Goes Into Overtime
The Notion

The NFL owners are true bad sports, in unnecessarily prolonging the lockout.

July 22, 2011
Athletic Excellence Competes With Raunch Culture at Women's World Cup
The Notion

Japan’s victory on Sunday is just one part of a rollicking World Cup.

July 17, 2011
Why I'm Boycotting Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in Arizona
The Notion

Crowds have asked Commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game out of Arizona. He chose not to listen—and now I choose not to watch.

July 11, 2011
John Mackey: The Death of a Football and Union Legend
The Notion

Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey has a legacy that truly transcends his sport.

July 7, 2011
What Does the LA Dodgers Bankruptcy Say About America?
The Notion

By symbolizing bankruptcy and community apathy, the LA Dodgers make an unwelcome return to the national Zeitgeist.

June 29, 2011
The Beatles! Muhammad Ali! and the 'Accidental Sportswriter' Who Saw It All
The Notion

Alternately hilarious and moving, here is the memoir for your beach blanket this summer.

June 27, 2011
Adrian Gonzalez Will Attend the 2011 All-Star Game. We Should Not
The Notion

Adrian Gonzalez will be at the 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona. That's good news for Major League Baseball and bad news for immigrant rights activists.

June 24, 2011
Even After Years of Media Slams: Adults Often Wreck Youth Sports
Greg Mitchell

Hardly a week goes by without threats or violence at a youth baseball or soccer game, usually involving not kids but adults.

June 21, 2011
This Day in History: When Muhammad Ali Took the Weight
The Notion

On June 20th, 1967, Muhammad Ali was sentenced to five years in a federal prison. He didn't blink.

June 20, 2011
Understanding Vancouver's 'Hockey Riot'
The Notion

Was there more to Vancouver's Hockey Riot than meets the eye? Or less?

June 16, 2011
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