Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 3, 2013
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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Mark Heisler / TruthdigJul 8, 2010
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 shitstormThat’s today’s price of fame. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Ruth Marcus / TruthdigMay 7, 2010
The question has to be asked: Is it something about athletes? Something about entitled college athletes? Something about lacrosse? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2008
In war-ravaged Iraq, the paralympic athletes have a better shot of winning gold medals, according to this report from The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 31, 2008
John Amaechi is not your typical basketball star. The former center for Utah, Orlando and Cleveland is the first NBA alumnus to openly declare that he's gay, and now he's combining sports and cultural politics in another sense by serving as Amnesty International's sports ambassador to this summer's Beijing Olympics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 11, 2008
Athletes participating in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing could be expelled if they fly the Tibetan flag or express political opinions that constitute "propaganda" in official ceremonies and spaces, according to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, but questions abound as to the precise definition of that term. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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