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Baseball being buried by a tsunami of cheat

by Bruce Dowbiggin | Jan 21, 2020 | PREMIUM membership, Sports | 0

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: As baseball struggles with the implications of a team cheating to win a World Series, there are more questions than answers (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $25)

Sending a harsh message to sports’ cheaters

by Ken Reed | Jan 17, 2020 | BASIC membership, Sports | 0

KEN REED: Baseball suspensions and fines should reverberate through all sports, down to children’s athletics. Cheating is a social ill that needs to be addressed (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)

Short and sweet: pro sports need to pare down the length of games

by Bruce Dowbiggin | Jan 14, 2020 | PREMIUM membership, Sports | 0

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Fans are staying away from stadiums in great part because the games take too long to play. The new XFL is trying a number of modifications to cut the length of games (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $25)

Sport, at its best, can help change the world

by Ken Reed | Jan 3, 2020 | PREMIUM membership, Sports, World | 0

KEN REED: Leaders must fully incorporate social, cultural and environmental considerations – not just economic ones – in their decision-making (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $25)

The future of pro sports? Just look at the NBA

by Bruce Dowbiggin | Dec 24, 2019 | PREMIUM membership, Sports | 0

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: But the NHL, the league that never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity, will sit back and let others get the gravy (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $21)

Progress? Sport? The two shall never meet

by Bruce Dowbiggin | Oct 29, 2019 | BASIC membership, Sports, Technology, Technology solutions | 0

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: From disputed strike zones to goal-line uncertainty to bloody high-sticks, major-league officiating can’t seem to embrace high-tech (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)

Toothless Tigers: baseball’s basement is too crowded

by Bruce Dowbiggin | Sep 24, 2019 | BASIC membership, Sports | 0

BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Giving young players a chance to grow? More like a salary dump that turned into a dumpster fire. Too many MLB teams won’t even strive for mediocrity (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)

Fan injuries from foul balls up dramatically

by Ken Reed | Aug 4, 2019 | BASIC membership, Sports | 0

KEN READ: It’s time for MLB to put protective netting up from home plate to the foul poles (BASIC/PREMIUM membership content

Jim Bouton’s impact reached far beyond the baseball diamond

by Ken Reed | Jul 21, 2019 | Books, Lifestyle, Sports | 0

SPORTS: The Ball Four author was a significant social activist, speaking out about apartheid, and exposing small-town government and media corruption ($$)

Baseball’s unwritten rules are stupid and archaic

by Ken Reed | Jun 10, 2019 | Sports | 0

SPORTS: It’s time for players and managers to grow up and get rid of the ego-based false machismo that ruins the game ($$)

When it comes to injuries, MLB teams remain clueless

by Ken Reed | May 23, 2019 | Health, Sports | 0

KEN REED: Injury research through analytics should be priority one, since baseball owners spent $745,769,319 on injured list players in 2018 alone ($$)