The Dark Side

http://gty.im/183572233 Domestic Violence has become a hot-button issue in the sports world, beginning with the Ray Rice video. We then saw Greg Hardy miss a whole season, and, pending appeal, he will miss another ten games this campaign after a domestic violence incident. Florida State quarterback De'Andre Johnson has been dismissed from the team…

FIFA Update (part 1): Chuck Blazer Testimony; Investigation Expands After the arrests of several officials and marketing executives in connection with bribes and kickbacks for World Cup host and media rights bids last week, and then President Sepp Blatter's abrupt resignation yesterday, the mood at FIFA headquarters in Zurich has been…

FIFA Corruption Probe Leads to Arrests http://gty.im/467034360 Late Tuesday evening in the US and before most had even woken up in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday morning, Swiss law enforcement officers began rounding up several FIFA officials after the US Department of Justice issued indictments against them as part of an ongoing probe into…

What Has Britt McHenry Taught Us? One of the first rules of journalism is that in order for a reporter to be truly effective, they should never become the story. Issues arising from questionable conduct, controversial opinions, and other such matters are difficult for anyone to shake, let along for a person whose job it is to relate to people in…