[1] Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been suspended six games of the 2022 season without pay by the NFL for violating the league’s policy on the use of performance-enhancing drugs.[2] The suspension comes after Hopkins tested positive for a prohibited substance plus a diuretic or masking agent to substitute, dilute, adulterate, or... Continue Reading →
[i] Mark Emmert’s 12-year tenure as the president of the NCAA is coming to an end by June 30, 2023, or sooner if the NCAA board members find his successor before then.[ii] During his tenure as president, Emmert and the NCAA have been criticized for mismanaging just about everything, from fighting an outdated amateurism collegiate... Continue Reading →
[1] The University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights football program promoted the social media accounts of their players in a unique way during its 2022 spring game in Orlando. The backs of the UCF football players’ jerseys featured something unique to the world of college sports but ever-present in our technology-driven lives: QR codes. Spring... Continue Reading →
[i] Controversy has followed the Washington Commanders and the team’s owner Dan Snyder over the past few years. In July, the Commanders received a $10 million fine and Snyder ceded control of the team’s day-to-day operations to his wife, Tanya Snyder, following the NFL’s investigation into allegations of a toxic workplace.[ii] During this ongoing investigation... Continue Reading →
[1] The world-famous neon lights of the iconic Las Vegas Strip will provide the backdrop to Formula 1’s newest race when Sin City hosts the Las Vegas Grand Prix next November in 2023. It will be one of three races hosted in the United States, joining the Miami Grand Prix and the US Grand Prix... Continue Reading →
Photograph[i] The majority of NFL owners officially approved a change in the postseason overtime rules that will guarantee each team a possession,[ii] unless the team kicking off to start the overtime period scores a safety on the receiving team's initial possession.[iii] Now, even if a touchdown is scored by the team that possesses the ball... Continue Reading →
[1] On March 14, just three days before the start of this year’s March Madness tournament, Congress sent a six-page letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert accusing the organization of making “inadequate progress’’ in addressing “historically disparate” treatment of male and female athletes.[2] The letter claimed that the NCAA is “violating the spirit of gender... Continue Reading →
[1] On Thursday, March 3, Iowa became the latest state, among ten others, to enact legislation restricting transgender athletes when Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law House File 2416. [ii] House File 2416, effective immediately, bans transgender girls and women in Iowa from competing in sports according to their gender identity.[iii] The Iowa law... Continue Reading →
[1] Antagonism between Russia and Ukraine has been drastically worsening since early 2014 when the Russian military crossed into Ukrainian territory after mass protests in Ukraine forced out a Russia-friendly president and replaced him with a pro-Western government.[2] Russia swiftly declared this change in Ukraine’s government an illegal coup and, immediately, sent armed forces to... Continue Reading →
[1] If you were not one of the 70,000 fans in attendance at this year’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, you were likely one of the estimated 101.1 million television viewers who tuned in via NBC to watch the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals on a late fourth-quarter drive.[2] These... Continue Reading →