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AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Strange Sports Scandals In light of the recent excavations by Operation Slapshot, which uncovered a bizarre NHL betting ring with connections to the mafia, here's a look back on some other unusual sports scandals.   |
Salon.com
July 6, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
NFL police blotter Carruth won't be tried till February; Chmura angry over child enticement charge; Lane charged with drug possession. |
Reason
April 2009
Anderson & Jackson |
Putting Stars Behind Bars How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense? |
ifeminists
August 11, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Seeking Criminal Justice in Civil Court Feminist groups advocate civil proceedings for sexual abuse because "victims" will win more often and with less evidence. |
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. |
Reason
April 2004
Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
Sports Illustrated
November 28, 2000
Lester Munson |
Scorecard Rae Carruth was jolted as his murder trial opened... |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
How Media Treats Athletes Unequally A few examples of how media can treat some athletes like gold and others like garbage. |
ifeminists
September 8, 2004
Carey Roberts |
Kobe Bryant: Alice-in-Wonderland Justice The dismissal of rape charges against the basketball superstar has triggered a lively debate how the decision will affect sexual assault cases in the future. |
ifeminists
April 26, 2007
Carey Roberts |
VAWA Casts a Long Shadow over the Duke Fiasco Here's the dirty little secret of D.A.s who prosecute sexual assault and domestic violence cases: many of the claims they pursue are as flaky as a pie crust and their chances of winning a jury conviction are slim. So why do they bother to go after the case? |
ifeminists
January 6, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Prosecutor Grandstanding Undermines Justice If the goal in a rape trial, like any other law enforcement action, is to protect the innocent, the obvious solution is to name neither party until after a trial verdict. But police and prosecutors do not advocate this remedy. |
Reason
February 2002
Cathy Young |
Excluded Evidence The dark side of rape shield laws... |
ifeminists
July 29, 2003
Ed Ward |
Kobe's Number Called, Learns No Man Is Safe in Western Civilized Nations On July 1, 2003 Kobe Bryant learned about the current draconian laws that can be applied, at a minimum, any time a man does not have video and audio surveillance of a one on one encounter with a female. |
AskMen.com
Schrager & Weinberg |
Sports Gossip: The Monday Morning Couch Potatoes Iron Mike's final bow... NASCAR's biggest names feuding... Illini guard declares for the NBA Draft... NHL labor talks slowly progress, rules change in the works... Phil Jackson is Los Angeles Lakers head coach -- again... etc. |
Reason
May 2007
Cathy Young |
Assault Behind Bars How big a problem is prison rape in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it? |
Sports Illustrated
May 31, 2000 |
The martial artistes Sport, of course, evolved from warfare, and in many games, the athlete is still presumed to be a surrogate warrior. We in the grandstands, are, of course, unindicted conspirators, and our appreciation of violence is different only in degree from what you see the barbarous Roman populi cheering for in the current Gladiator movie... |
ifeminists
July 22, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
False Rape Charges Hurt Real Victims If the charge against Kobe Bryant is proven false, a backlash against women reporting violence may occur. The highest level of evidence and credible testimony should be required before ruining a man's life in that manner. |
ifeminists
August 5, 2003
Carey Roberts |
Promoting False Allegations of Rape False allegations of rape are far more common than most people imagine. |
Reason
July 2002
Cathy Young |
License to Kill Men and women, crime and punishment. |
ifeminists
April 7, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Lies of Faux Victims Cast Doubt on Real Ones Will you be willing to believe the next woman (or man) who claims to be a victim? |
ifeminists
August 19, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Law Needs New Category of Sexual Assault On Jan. 6, the California Supreme Court ruled that when a woman rescinds consent during sex, the man becomes guilty of rape if he does not stop immediately. Such laws trivialize the crime of rape and encourage false accusations that, in turn, threaten the credibility of actual rape victims. |
Sports Illustrated
January 23, 2001
Josh Elliott |
Scorecard Why off-the-field woes don't threaten the NFL's primacy... |
Salon.com
February 1, 2002
King Kaufman |
Let Tyson fight Since when did boxing's czars get in the business of legislating morality? |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Suzanne O'Malley |
Worst-case scenario I knew it was coming, but it's still hard to accept: In Texas, mental illness is not a defense to murder... |
Sports Central
April 15, 2005
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Raise the NBA Age Limit? Questions and answers about the raising the NBA age limit... The future of boxing... |
ifeminists
August 9, 2009
Tony Zizza |
What if Ben Roethlisberger is innocent? False allegations of sexual assault and rape are in no way - a game. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Anthony York |
Magic words for football fans: Not guilty With NFL acquittals running rampant throughout the land, it makes you downright proud to be a fan. |
ifeminists
January 31, 2007
Wendy McElroy |
Continuing to Defame the 'Duke 3' as Rapists Every day it becomes clearer: the three Duke University students accused of kidnapping and sexual assault are innocent. Why does defamation of the accused continue? |
Sports Illustrated
May 6, 2002
Phil Taylor |
Just say no Public has a moral obligation to stop bankrolling Tyson... |
ifeminists
September 16, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Confronting Prison Rape A bright light is about to be shone on an almost unseen social problem: prison rape. On Sept. 4, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which provides for an annual Department of Justice review on the rate and effects of prison rape. Why should you care? |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Sports Gossip: Murder, Masters & Playoffs Danton's murder-for-hire plot... Clarett blocked from NFL draft... Trivial Matter... etc. |
Sports Central
May 20, 2006
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: Tyson in a Boy Band? Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson allegedly wants to record a song with the Irish boy pop band Westlife. |
Reason
November 2002
Joyce Lee Malcolm |
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. |
ifeminists
October 20, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
In Kobe Case, Accuser Is Rightly Identified The accuser swings between demanding privacy and taking public action. As a practical matter, it is becoming increasingly apparent that those who bring accusations cannot have both. |
Sports Central
August 3, 2004
Mark Chalifoux |
Mike Tyson's Last Stop Iron Mike Tyson was knocked off Friday in the fourth-round by a 9-1 underdog who occasionally cries before his fights. |
