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The Year in Sports Controversies
In the sports world, 2011 represented the best of times and the worst of times. What might have been remembered as the year of one of the greatest World Series games
The Penn State Rapes
In November, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested
The NFL and NBA Lockouts
It may like a distant memory now, but for a long stretch of the year it looked as though neither NBA nor NFL teams would play games this season. What seemed like a catastrophic lockout in professional f
The University of Miami Benefits Scandal
Sports fans have long stopped being surprised by stories of illicit benefits doled out to college players, but a Yahoo! Sports investigation into the University of Miami's football
The Near-Collapse of Women's Professional Soccer
Over the summer, the state of women's soccer in America looked strong: The team posted a thrilling run to the World Cup final, then lost a penalty-kick heartbreaker
The IndyCar Death
A 15-car pileup at the IndyCar World Championships in Las Vegas in October killed 33-year-old British driver Dan Wheldon and prompted a fresh round of calls for
The Call for Paying Student-Athletes
Shortly after news of the Ohio State and University of Miami benefits scandals broke, The Atlantic published a 14,500-word article in which Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights histo
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