A story by Paula Lavigne, of ESPN, reveals some unappetizing realities about food service at the 107 stadiums used by the MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL across the country. Through a review of inspection records from local health departments, Lavigne revealed that at “30 of the venues (28 percent), more than half of the concession [...]
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NFL has ramped up campaign donations, lobbying efforts
February 2nd, 2010 
Beth An investigation by Scripps Howard News Service sports editor John Lindsay found the National Football League has ramped up its campaign contributions and lobbying efforts, mainly trying to affect legislation on broadcasting rights and trying to preempt any move by Congress to intervene in a potential player lockout in 2011.
Painkillers unregulated in college football programs
October 7th, 2009 Beth Pain is part of football. According to a series by The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), so are painkiller injections on game days at college programs all over the country.
Adding up the cost of football recruits
February 6th, 2009 Meganm The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Todd Holcomb used Georgia’s public records law to compare recruiting budgets for college football programs. “It has become big business for big-time athletics programs. Each year, they spend more than $500,000 on recruiting, but they make more than $50 million in annual athletic revenue, mostly from football.” The story shows the range, [...]
Many NBA players’ charities mismanaged
December 30th, 2008 admin A Salt Lake Tribune analysis of NBA player-run charities found they face a wide range of problems, from meager funding and high administrative costs to a lack of professional staffing and oversight. Tax records indicate these 89 charities together raised at least $31 million between 2005 and 2007, but only about $14 million of that [...]
Athletes’ SAT scores lag at major colleges and universities
December 29th, 2008 admin An investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that football and men’s basketball players on the nation’s big-time college teams averaged hundreds of points lower on their SATs than their classmates. The investigation involved using state open records acts to request reports that colleges must file with the NCAA disclosing SAT scores of their athletes. More than 50 [...]
Certain majors find large clusters of student athletes
December 1st, 2008 Beth USATODAY looked at the majors of more than 9,000 junior and senior athletes in football, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s basketball and found high rates of concentrations of athletes in certain majors at 83% of schools.
“Mitchell Report” for NFL shows history of drug use
September 24th, 2008 Beth Using media reports, archives, public records and interviews with players and personnel, Brent Schrotenboer of the San Diego Union-Tribune compiled a “Mitchell Report” for the NFL. The list identifies 185 players linked to abuse of performance-enhancing drugs dating back to 1962.
Porn sites exploit photos of high school athletes
January 25th, 2008 rescntr An investigation by Scott M. Reid and Dan Albano of The Orange County Register has revealed that photographs of unsuspecting high school athletes are being posted next to pornographic images on Internet sites. Investigators are tracking Web profiles and e-mail trails to determine the source of photos taken at water polo events. The discovery also [...]
Alleged doping aligns with boosts in stats, paychecks
December 17th, 2007 rescntr Ben Poston, Derrick Nunnally and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel built a database of every player named in the Mitchell Report. The reporters analyzed statistical performance before and after the players allegedly began taking drugs and found that more than half the 90 players named in the report showed an improvement in performance [...]
