K. Lloyd Billingsley | Thursday September 12, 2019 at 3:36 PM PDT
The antics of Antonio Brown prompted the Oakland Raiders to release the wide receiver, by some accounts the best in the NFL.
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Tag: Sports
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Tuesday July 9, 2019 at 8:27 AM PDT
Like Cori Gauff, all college players should be able to control and market their own image, sign endorsement deals, and otherwise profit from their talent.
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Monday June 3, 2019 at 10:32 AM PDT
Female college athletes should be able to share in the enormous revenue they help generate.
Abigail R. Hall | Thursday November 12, 2015 at 5:01 PM PDT
In November 2015, Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) released a report revealing the Department of Defense paid professional sports teams to host “patriotic events.” Anyone who has ever attended a sporting event knows these well. Military personnel are featured on the jumbotron, huge flags are spread across the field, returning veterans...
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Abigail R. Hall | Thursday June 4, 2015 at 6:35 AM PDT
Flipping channels the other day, I came across an ad for SeaWorld. Instead of showing images of flipping dolphins, laughing children, and Shamu the killer whale, the commercial was more of a PSA. Instead of its typical advertising, the spot consisted of discussions about how the organization cares for its animals and their lifespans....
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Abigail R. Hall | Wednesday March 25, 2015 at 6:35 AM PDT
Upon watching the first session of women’s Olympic boxing in London in 2012, leading neuroscientist John Hardy stated that, We shouldn’t get our fun out of watching people inflict brain damage on each other. To me as a neurologist it’s almost surreal. Indeed, boxing has a reputation for producing some real medical nightmares. Having...
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William F. Shughart II | Thursday January 8, 2015 at 9:30 AM PDT
I have written several columns on current controversies involving the apparent offensiveness of the Washington Redskins’ nickname, the most recent of which was published by the Washington Times. A later contribution to the same debate, by Hayley Manugia at FiveThirtyEight, finds 2,128 such American monikers, all of which should be equally offensive to people...
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Aaron Tao | Wednesday December 17, 2014 at 4:43 PM PDT
“Historically, the common form of revolution has been a not-too-efficient despotism which is overthrown by another not-too-efficient despotism with little or no effect on the public good. Indeed, except for the change in the names of the ruling circles, it would be hard to distinguish one from the other.” —Gordon Tullock For the past...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday September 18, 2014 at 12:45 PM PDT
If you’re even a little bit of a sports fan, you probably know that Florida State University’s quarterback, Jameis Winston, has been suspended from the first half of the FSU-Clemson game for standing on a table in the student union and shouting out obscenities. As good as he’s been on the field, Jameis has...
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William F. Shughart II | Tuesday September 9, 2014 at 12:59 PM PDT
In a USA Today column published on September 8, Nina Mandell is livid about the lessening of sanctions imposed on Penn State two years ago in connection with charges of child sexual abuse against assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Those sanctions, which included a $60 million fine, a reduction in football scholarships, and a...
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