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Putin orders doping investigation while Russian sports minister criticises Britain – The Guardian
The Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, has lashed out at Britain, saying testing at the London 2012 Olympics must have been worth zero if it failed to catch cheats. However, there were mixed messages coming from the country, as Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, ordered Mutko and his colleagues to take the allegations seriously and cooperate fully with international anti-doping bodies. A 325-page report published by a World Anti-Doping Agency independent…
The Trouble With Fantasy Sports Gambling – New York Times
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A truly independent Wada should have the power to sanction sports and nations – The Guardian
Wada mess. It was buried amid the jaw-dropping revelations about shadow labs, undercover secret servicemen and the sabotage of London 2012, but Dick Pound’s exposé of state-sponsored doping in Russia did not make great reading for the organisation that commissioned it, either. Like a parent expressing disappointment in the way his teenage child had matured, Pound, the no-nonsense founding father of the World Anti-Doping Agency who still sits on its…
Should Sports Leagues Be Worried About Merger Of Anheuser-Busch And Miller? – Forbes
The ethical case for allowing doping in sports – Quartz
A stunning report from the World Anti-Doping Agency has made a series of allegations against Russian athletes and authorities, including the accusation that a Russian laboratory deliberately destroyed 1,400 blood and urine samples ahead of a visit by inspectors. The report recommends the suspension of all Russian athletes over a period including the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as lifetime bans for five individual athletes and five…
Sports Illustrated unveils contenders for 2015 Sportsman of the Year – Sports Illustrated
Have we ever seen a sporting year like 2015? From American Pharoah’s run to the Triple Crown to Ronda Rousey’s MMA dominance to Jordan Spieth’s taking aim at golf’s Grand Slam, it’s been a remarkable year in athletic achievement, one of the best ever. Below are the 12 leading contenders for 2015 Sportsman of the Year. Sports Illustrated’s editors will make its (very tough) selection next month, but we want our readers…
Ranking the 25 greatest sports movies of all-time – For The Win
With the seventh Rocky movie, Creed, coming out later this month and My All American, an inspirational sports film about a former Texas football player, hitting theaters Friday, we at FTW decided to rank the top 25 sports movies ever made. The master list from which to choose is smaller than you think: Since 1976, Box Office Mojo lists the release of just 204 sports movies. By comparison, 604 films have dropped in 2015 with dozens of more…
NY Attorney General Orders Fantasy Sports Sites DraftKings and FanDuel to Stop … – NBCNews.com
All bets are off in New York state for two highly lucrative fantasy sports companies. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent cease-and-desist letters on Tuesday to DraftKings and FanDuel, ordering them to stop accepting wagers in the state because, he said, they violate New York laws against illegal gambling. In the letters, Schneiderman contends that the fantasy sports sites, which lure players with the promise of millions of dollars in…
Attorney General Tells DraftKings and FanDuel to Stop Taking Entries in New York – New York Times
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Attorney General Tells Daily Fantasy Sports to Stop Taking Bets in New York – New York Times
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Russia Demands Evidence in Sports Doping Scandal – Wall Street Journal
MOSCOW—Russia defended itself on Tuesday against accusations of a deeply rooted culture of cheating and state-sponsored doping in track and field in the wake of a searing report by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that the report, released by a WADA commission tasked with investigating allegations of widespread doping in Russian track and field, offered insufficient proof. “If particular…
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Drugs Pervade Sport in Russia, World Anti-Doping Agency Report Finds – New York Times
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Missouri shows the real power of big-time sports – Washington Post
For several weeks, the flames of racial tension were evident at the University of Missouri. They intensified one disturbing incident at a time, fanned by aloof campus leadership, not taken seriously until students and faculty resorted to anger and protest. Yet this movement didn’t become a national controversy until a 4-5 football team stood up and utilized its most untapped resource: the spotlight. In big-time, big-money athletics, the center stage…
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Athletics doping: Wada commission wants Russia ban – BBC News
The commission was investigating allegations made in a German TV documentary about Russian athletics last year Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended. Wada’s independent commission examined allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport’s world governing body. It says London 2012 was “sabotaged” by “widespread inaction” against athletes with suspicious doping profiles. Media…
An Overdue Power Shift in College Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE Nov. 9, 2015 7:14 p.m. ET The silly modern circus of big-time college sports relies upon the tacit agreement of several intertwined parties: 1) the eager television networks lavishing conferences and schools with buckets of money; 2) fancy head coaches who think this money gives them power; 3) trustees and administrators who also think this money gives them power; and 4) athletes who are supposed to think they have…
Seattle sports marketers play to the uniqueness of their fans and teams – The Seattle Times
Inside sports business The thing about marketing in sports versus all other industries is that nobody dons a Heinz ketchup jacket hoping to look cool. That’s what two-dozen attendees were told at the start of a sports marketing workshop last week at Seattle’s downtown School of Visual Concepts. Not only will consumers avoid jackets, jerseys or caps of favored household products as opposed to, say, donning Seahawks gear, they also…
Russian Athletes Part of State-Sponsored Doping Program, Report Finds – New York Times
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Boxing Is a Brutal, Fading Sport. Could Football Be Next? – New York Times
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