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AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Endorsement Deals Gone Sour To help sell their merchandise, many companies will use well-known, professional athletes. Here's a look at some endorsement deals that turned sour because the athlete endorser becomes the generator of negative news stories.   |
Reason
January 2004
Cathy Young |
Kobe's Rights: Rape, justice, and double standards The case of Kobe Bryant's alleged sexual assault raises some serious issues about the way the justice system treats rape complainants and defendants. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Sports Gossip: Jamal Lewis Fesses, Earnhardt Jr. Cusses Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis will spend four months in a prison uniform during the NFL off-season... New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield ripped San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds a new one in an article appearing in the October 11th issue of Sports Illustrated... etc. |
Reason
April 2009
Anderson & Jackson |
Putting Stars Behind Bars How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense? |
Sports Central
October 5, 2004
Mark Chalifoux |
Why Jamal Lewis Can't Be Touched Didn't our legal system get the memo? Athletes are above the law. He is a pro athlete, why should he be subjected to the laws of common people? |
Sports Central
December 16, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Kobe, For Better or (More Likely) Worse Sure, 12-9 might look fine now, but the Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble. They have already played their softest-quarter schedule this season, and tougher games lie ahead. Deep-sixing the team's other stars and keeping Kobe is the crux of the problem. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2005
Andre Watson |
McGwire Loses in Court of Public Opinion For a person who seemed larger-than-life while he was on the baseball diamond, Mark McGwire's poor performance at the congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball will have a lasting effect on his legacy. |
AskMen.com
Geoffrey Lansdell |
Top 10: Athlete Crimes From drug and alcohol abuse to physical, sexual, domestic and psychological assaults, the crime rate in sports seems to be on a record-setting pace. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2005
Vince Grzegorek |
Baseball's Coming to Washington And we're not talking about the new Nationals. The steroid story has opened like a ninth-inning rally, and the U.S. House of Representatives has been called in for relief. |
Sports Central
May 27, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Questionable Records Has track and field cleaned up its steroids act?... What's going to happen next season with Shaquille O'Neal's contract?... |
Sports Illustrated
January 16, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Unsecret Society Sports stars can no longer keep feuds in the family... |
Sports Central
September 26, 2005
Chris Cornell |
Baseball's Big Embarrassment If those in charge of the sport don't change what is happening to their game in an appropriate manner, they will lose their fan base permanently. |
Sports Illustrated
December 19, 2000
Ian Thomsen |
Letting Fly Kobe Bryant is testing his limits -- and Shaq's... |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
David Lindorff |
Mumia's all-or-nothing gamble In a stunning switch, the convicted murderer's new lawyers now passionately claim he's completely innocent and that the real culprit was a mobster hired by corrupt Philly cops to kill one of their own. If the judge doesn't buy it, their client could die... |
Sports Central
December 11, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
The Business of Barry Bonds The party's over. Too many politicians are too interested in what is one of those slam-dunk public relations coups for congressmen on the stump. |
AskMen.com
Phil Helm |
Top 10: Suspensions In Sports In the world of sports, if you break the rules, you get suspended -- and athletes are very public examples of this. Especially these ten. |
Sports Central
December 3, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Why McGwire Belongs in Cooperstown There's not a single reason to keep Mark McGwire out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
The Steroid Gossip Game It's a difficult gig for anyone paid to promote Major League Baseball's product as a sports journalist, to reconcile one's dedication to morals and standards while celebrating alleged, supposed, and would-be "cheaters." |
Sports Central
March 26, 2005
Greg Wyshynski |
Sports Media's Steroid Hypocrisy Today's sports pundits have more in common with Major League Baseball's braintrust than they'd like to admit -- they all placed their heads in the sand just deep enough to play blind to the sport's steroid subculture while still being able to hear the cash register ring. |
Sports Central
April 11, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Reveling in the Lakers' Demise The Los Angeles Lakers have both fair-weather and irrationally faithful fans. Kobe Bryant does not have the necessary leadership skills to drive the team to be champions. |
Salon.com
May 31, 2002
Allen Barra |
Steroids: The cancer that's growing inside baseball Until the national pastime solves its drug problem, the game's integrity will be threatened... |
Sports Central
March 8, 2005
Martin Hawrysko |
Selig's "I Didn't Know" Act Wearing Thin, Dull Steroid responsibility falls on the lap of MLB Commission Bud Selig... Baseball's veteran committee fails again... Illinois maintains top ranking after loss... etc. |
Reason
June 2005
Aaron Steinberg |
In Defense of Steroids Jose Canseco's surprisingly sensible case for juice: A book review of Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big, by Jose Canseco. |
Sports Illustrated
October 15, 2002
McCallum & Wertheim |
Can Sinners Be Winners? In the NBA the pros might be cons; two writers debate the value of troubled stars. |
Reason
January 2003
Dayn Perry |
Pumped-Up Hysteria Forget the hype. Steroids aren't wrecking professional baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2003
Steve Rushin |
Big Man in the Big House Last Friday police came to take what remained of Jose Canseco's freedom, removing him from his current house after a drug test -- mandated by the court as part of his sentence -- turned up positive for steroids. |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000
Peter King |
Awaiting the verdict Ravens expecting NFL to punish linebacker Lewis... Warner plans to honor commitment... Reed may saddle up with Colts... Company working to Net former Jets coach... |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
He's All Grown Up After going it alone on the court and off, Kobe Bryant relishes being a teammate... |
Sports Central
January 13, 2010
Bill Hazell |
Mark McGwire and the Ugly Truth It may have taken some 11 years, but Mark McGwire has finally taken announcer Joe Buck's advice and touched base with all of us. |
Sports Central
July 27, 2004
Eric Williams |
An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant "I guess congratulations are in order. You won. You got what you've wanted all along. You got your max contract and Shaq got shown the door. You are now the unquestioned leader of this new-look Laker team." |
AskMen.com
Phil Helm |
Top 10: Big Mouths In Sports The athletes on this top 10 list of big mouths in sports not only had big mouths, but what came out of them was morally repugnant. |
Sports Central
January 22, 2010
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Cardinal Sins and Sexual Healing Mark McGwire admitted to using steroids after years of refusing to discuss the matter. it was reported that Tiger Woods has entered a sex addiction clinic. Are these forgivable offenses? |
Sports Central
February 18, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
Boswell's Q&A: Steroids, Moss, and Lockout "What do you think about Jose Canseco and the fact that he thinks steroids should be a normal part of life?"... "To whom do you think Randy Moss will be traded? And how do you think he will perform?... etc. |
Sports Central
February 10, 2005
Piet Van Leer |
Should Jose Canseco Be Believed? Yes, we've been here before with Canseco, and odds are if we buy enough books, he'll make other shocking claims in later editions. But should he be ignored? |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2001
Jack McCallum |
Kobe's beef Bryant stands to gain respect, victories by feeding Shaq... |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Bash Call Big Mac has a clear path to the Hall, but what about Jose Canseco? |
Sports Central
August 31, 2005
Diane M. Grassi |
Unaccountability Leaves Cloud Over MLB As long as positive drug test results can be dismissed by players, doubted in the headlines, and penalties to players so meager, Major League Baseball will continue to have a public relations cloud over its head. |
AskMen.com
Schrager & Weinberg |
Sports Gossip: The Best Of 2004 In honor of the New Year, we thought we'd pay tribute to the six stories that sparked our interest the most during 2004, in sports, pop culture and entertainment. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2008
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Clemens-McNamee The Roger Clemens/Brian McNamee saga gets juicier by the minute. Can it get any better? |
Reason
April 2003 |
Letters Jury-Rigged... Steroids and Meatheads... Coffee Bean Counters... Free Will vs. Psychiatry... etc. |
Salon.com
January 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right? Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers... |
AskMen.com
Ryan Murphy |
Talking Points: Kobe Bryant's MVP Win & More Kobe Bryant's latest achievement... Mike D'Antoni's coaching prospects... Kosuke Fukudome's surprising start... |
Sports Central
December 14, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Kill Phil, Volume III Phil Jackson has once again resumed his courtside seat at the head of Los Angeles Lakers bench. The question is, why? |
AskMen.com
Andrew Nuschler |
Why Are Steroids Still Taboo? Mark McGwire must be a little confused right now. |
Sports Illustrated
October 20, 2000
Marty Burns |
Kobe's busy summer Does Kobe Bryant really expect anyone to believe his claim, made recently in the Los Angeles Times, that he made 2,000 jump shots a day -- every day -- during the offseason? |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise... |
Sports Central
March 7, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: First is the Worst Who will be the first Major League Baseball player to test positive for steroids? It's what we are all waiting for ... someone to slip up. |
Sports Central
August 9, 2005
Eric Poole |
Rafael in Bushworld Rafael Palmeiro is telling the truth when he says he never intentionally took steroids, or at least that's what President Bush thinks -- even though the notion that any professional athlete would ingest or inject something into his body without knowing exactly what is in it strains credulity. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2007
Bijan C. Bayne |
In Bonds, Did We Create a Longball Monster? The most revered and memorized individual record in sport is tainted. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2002
Allen Barra |
Marvin Miller: Don't trust baseball's drug-testing proposal The former head of the Baseball Players Association says that the owners have no reason to crack down on steroid use -- so the commissioner's random-test proposal may just be moral grandstanding. |
