Oliver Lee Bateman explains why we should pay closer attention to the sports that we watch.
Would You Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs?
February 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Is it ethically defensible to “treat” a healthy individual so that he can excel in a given career? Is it ethically defensible to deny him that treatment?
Why Barry Bonds’s Conviction Should Be Overturned
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Disgraced home run king Barry Bonds is appealing his obstruction of justice conviction this week. Jim Jividen explains why it should be overturned.
They’re All Lying to You: Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, Photoshop, PEDs, and the Paranoid Style in American Journalism
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Want the “truth” about breaking news stories like Lance Armstrong’s PED confession and the Manti Te’o affair? Oliver Lee Bateman argues that there isn’t any to be discovered.
Lance Armstrong Owes Me an Apology for that Apology
February 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
All of these fallen stars are begging for our forgiveness, but their vague, evasive apologies give us no sense of what they’re sorry for having done.
The Super Bowl History of the 49ers + Super Bowl 47 Prediction
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco superfan Jim Jividen recaps the 49ers’ 5 Super Bowl wins and predicts the outcome of Super Bowl 47.
My Final Thought About the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
If hat size and back acne are sufficiently probative to keep the greatest players who ever lived out of the Hall of Fame, why are we stopping there?
Just Say No. To Barry Bonds That Is.
January 6, 2013 By 4 Comments
Neil Cohen argues that, while the baseball writers debate Hall of Fame selection, they miss the fact that it’s all about the numbers.
Shut Up and Sing: Let’s Talk Bob Costas and Make Some College Bowl Predictions
December 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Bob Costas’ recent stance in favor of gun control has drawn the ire of many. Jim Jividen examines why his remarks about performance-enhancing drugs didn’t provoke a similar response.
Open Thread: Should Athletes Be Allowed to Dope?
October 24, 2012 By 8 Comments
If we know athletes are gonna do it, should we just make it legal?
On Losing Lance
July 13, 2012 By 17 Comments
Mark Radcliffe was once an elite cyclist who looked up to Lance Armstrong as a role model. Now he knows what a dirty sport it’s always been.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “Should We Forgive Apologetic Bullies?”