NCAA Division I men’s basketball had a tough week. On Tuesday, Louisville was officially stripped of 123 wins from 2012-2015, including its 2013 National Championship, after an NCAA investigation discovered the program funded the services of strippers and prostitutes for current and prospective student-athletes with university funds. Ironically, this penalty had nothing to do with the... Continue Reading →
Two athletes have tested positive for banned substances thus far at the Pyeongchang Olympics, a short-track speedskater and a curler. Yes, a curler. Doping is not uncommon in short-track, but it is unheard of in curling. Nevertheless, while the second doper’s sport may be surprising, his country is not. Alexander Krushelnytsky is from Russia. In December... Continue Reading →
The Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang a little over a week ago. Other than a cafeteria spat between a Canadian and a Russian official concerning Russia’s systematic doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, these games have been controversy free—at least in Korea. While not new, one recurring legal issue with... Continue Reading →
Forbes publishes a list of the Top 10 highest grossing female athletes in the world each year, and in 2017, eight of these ten women were tennis players. Among women’s professional sports, tennis is by far the most popular due in large part to the increasingly equal TV face time and prize money the sport’s... Continue Reading →