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The Shame of College Sports

The case for paying college athletes.

Taylor Branch The Atlantic Oct 2011 1h Permalink

Sports Religion

"Ready, Set, Trump"

Can Jerry Falwell Jr. build Liberty University’s football team into the evangelical version of Notre Dame?

Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Dec 2019 25min Permalink

Crime Sports

Crooked Letters

Inside the NCAA’s years-long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football.

Steven Godfrey SB Nation May 2018 50min Permalink

Sports

New York City Hoops Are No Stranger to Basketball Scandals

The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.

Kevin Armstrong New York Daily News Mar 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

Why Did Derrick Gordon Make History and Then Suddenly Shun the Spotlight?

What happened after the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball came out.

Pablo S. Torre ESPN Oct 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

The Troubled, Tormented, Surprisingly Lucky Life of Michael Graham

What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.

Alan Siegel Washingtonian Mar 2015 15min Permalink

Sports

Meet The Bag Man

How to buy college football players, in the words of a man who delivers the money.

Steven Godfrey SB Nation Apr 2014 20min Permalink

Let’s Start Paying College Athletes

A step-by-step proposal for fixing the broken economics of big-time college sports.

Joe Nocera New York Times Magazine Dec 2011 20min Permalink

Sports

Dunk and Done

On Baylor’s freshman basketball star Perry Jones and how the new era of one-season careers has changed the landscape of college basketball.

Michael Sokolove New York Times Magazine Mar 2011 Permalink

Sports

Too Slick, Too Loud, Too Successful: Why John Calipari Can't Catch a Break

A profile of the highest paid coach in college basketball. A pioneer of one-and-done recruiting, Calipari is also the only coach in NCAA history to have two runs to the Final Four removed from the record books for rules violations.

S.L. Price Sports Illustrated Mar 2011 30min Permalink