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Despite the principal’s plea to not report the attack, the victim filed charges against the basketball player out of fear he would strike again. Those fears were confirmed just two weeks later when he is said to have sexually assaulted another student. The story gets even more heartbreaking as it progresses.
Posted on Apr 24, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on Jan 16, 2013
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Peter Broelman, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
Posted on Jan 15, 2013
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Signe Wilkinson —
Posted on Jan 11, 2013
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The disturbing 12-minute video features athletes from Steubenville High School in Ohio making fun of a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and raped by two of the school’s star football players last summer.
Posted on Jan 2, 2013
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Aug 15, 2012
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By Mark Heisler — Going bonkers, lionizing winners and dumping on losers is fun, even if the cycle is accelerating to absurdity and beyond with modern 24/7 reportage. That’s today’s price of fame. Privileged as they are, today’s starry-eyed young athletes pursue their dream through a driving shitstorm.
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By Ruth Marcus — The question has to be asked: Is it something about athletes? Something about entitled college athletes? Something about lacrosse?
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Flickr / Aaron Escobar
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The Truthdig Podcast is back and better than ever. This week the panel tackles our obsession with imperfect athletes, the first days of the Obama administration and the decline of media. Special guest Megan Tady, campaign coordinator for Free Press, joins James Harris and Josh Scheer.
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In war-ravaged Iraq, the paralympic athletes have a better shot of winning gold medals, according to this report from The New York Times.
Posted on Jul 8, 2008
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By Eugene Robinson — On April 2, 2002, the Los Angeles Dodgers played a home game against the San Francisco Giants, raising the question: If both pitcher and batter are artificially enhanced, does that level the playing field?
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Canada has won its share of Olympic medals over the years, but apparently not enough. Whether to reward or recognize its athletes, Canada will now pay them $20,000 per gold medal. That’s not so extraordinary—a number of countries, including the U.S., already shell out, and Italian gold medalists in the Turin Games took home a cool $150,000 per gold.
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Special guest Cyd Zeigler Jr. of outsports.com sounds off on athletes in the closet, the myth that keeps them there and why Tim Hardaway’s homophobic tirade was a good thing.
Posted on Feb 20, 2007
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By James Harris — African Americans are abandoning baseball in droves. But should we care?
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Truthdigger of the Week: Medea Benjamin
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