[TS] Sports of The Times: Internet Whistleblowers Go Where the N.C.A.A. Fears to Tread
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College sports fans descend upon wildly popular Web sites like TexAgs.com with their team musings and, at times, the kind of insider information that can doom a rival to N.C.A.A. purgatory.
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Seizure of Indymedia's Web servers raises questions about when Internet companies can be forced to release information to authorities.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.
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When it comes time to pick a champion in an N.C.A.A. bracket, people tend to cluster around a few of the favorites. But the tournament itself is usually not as kind to favorites as the fans are.
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Internet bloggers have drawn blood and American journalism may never be the same.
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Sport: New England manager warns players will be under scrutiny, but says he has confidence in them
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The Wayne Rooney incident at the weekend has brought into question once again the use of television playbacks to incriminate sportsman.
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Concerned by growing uneasiness among fans and marketers about athletes gone wild, the N.F.L. is embarking on an advertising effort highlighting the positive aspects of the on- and off-field lives of its players.
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DENVER - It is an indelible memory. Loud, too. "I can still hear him shouting at me," said David Cutcliffe of that warm fall day in 1994. "He just went over to one of the assistant coaches, grabbed the headphones, and yelled. He said, 'Coach Cut, I'm pitching bad because my catcher isn't calling a good game. You're the catcher. ...
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The verbal lashing that Kansasâs Raimond Pendleton received from coach Mark Mangino for diving into the end zone after a touchdown has quickly become an Internet phenomenon.
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Beginning in August 2007, the N.C.A.A. banned Division I colleges from using text messaging to recruit athletes. But on Saturday, the issue will be revisited once again.
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Now that weâve analyzed the causes for verbal vitriol on the Net, letâs consider a cure. Readers like Ryan , Andrew and Forest Bell blamed the smears and flames on the anonymity offered by the Web. Thereâs lots of research to back the notion that an end to anonymity would encourage people to be nicer. [...].
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Ziff Davis - There are lots of good reasons for 'net anonymity.
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Our very own Judy Battista reports in todayâs paper that the Patriots could land in hot water for apparently videotaping the Jetsâ defensive signals during Sundayâs game â which the Pats won, 38-14, by the way. Over at footballguys.com, the, uhm, guys ran down recent team punishments to guess how hot the water [...].
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By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 10--In the no-holds-barred blogosphere, every voice can be raised.  But not everyone cares to listen.
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Â· Present and former star players implicatedÂ· Congress may launch new investigation
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I see that Cory Doctorow has made another panicked grab at relevancy once again! His most recent InformationWeek article, How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community, is his latest exercise in self-deception where he tries convincing himself that he knows something about the hip, happenin' thang we call the Innanet.        That Cory has little useful knowledge of keeping hostile jerks from taking over online communities is proven most aptly and amusingly by the way he chose to keep hostile jerks from taking over his weblog BoingBoing: he destroyed its community by shutting off its comments system.