January 2010
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Say it ain't so ... Do NFL fans just not care?
Is it fair to say NFL fans don’t care if players are using performance enhancing drugs as much as baseball fans do? SPORTSbyBROOKS raises this question in response to a column by MLB.com columnist Peter Gammons. Gammons was talking about fan reaction to Mark McGwire’s incomplete confession to steroid use. Brooks argues that NFL fans care, they just haven’t had scandals at the top of the star...
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No Fair! Cheating, immoral or smart?
The segregation of major league baseball represents a tremendous injustice in American culture, yet the signing of Jackie Robinson to the AAA Montreal Royals in 1945 had more than a few people crying foul. The team was locked out of stadiums, power was cut to prevent games from being played, all because a black...