By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Major League Baseball says the umpires were wrong.
Umpires failed to reverse a disputed tying home run by Oakland's Adam Rosales after a video review Wednesday. MLB executive vice president Joe Torre says the judgment call by umpire Angel Hernandez and his crew "stands as final."
A few hours after he ended the longest game in the majors this season, Brandon Moss and his 3-year-old son sat together at home and stayed awake to watch television replays.
A few hours after he ended the longest game in the majors this season, Athletics first baseman Brandon Moss and his 3-year-old son sat together in the family home and stayed awake to watch television replays.
The conference is going with "East" and "West" as division names and switching to a nine-game scheduling format after presidents and chancellors approved the moves on Sunday.
No more "Legends." And no more "Leaders."
April 15
A New Jersey elected official is asking for a member of Rutgers University's board of governors to be ousted for failing to tell the full board about problems with the men's basketball coach.
Rutgers University took steps Thursday to publicly address the administrative fallout from the scandal over its men's basketball coach, announcing an expected independent review and hiring a new top lawyer for the school.
About 90 percent of the $7.8 million decline in revenue for Penn State's athletic department was due to a loss of one-time fees related to football club seat and suite renewals that were not budgeted for in 2012.
Just a few months ago, things could not have been more promising for Rutgers as it looked to bolster its place in college sports.
Rutgers University's athletics director and another top administrator resigned Friday in the scandal over basketball coach Mike Rice's abusive treatment of players, including the spewing of gay slurs. The administration had chosen to discipline the coach last December and try to "rehabilitate" him. But he was fired this week after video of his conduct was aired.
March is played under the charade of amateurism, with enough shameless mentions of "student-athletes" to make you spit your beverage back into that NCAA-regulated cup while they further their university's educational mission hundreds of miles from campus classrooms.
It's a short walk from the MGM Grand sports book _ where the odds on Saturday favored Oregon by two points over UCLA _ to the arena where the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament was contested. Timed just right, a fan could have sneaked away at halftime to place a bet on his favorite school and still made it back before play resumed.
No more summer commutes for Eagles players to Bethlehem.
