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The Sports ITeam BlogThe Daily News Sports Investigative Team: Teri Thompson, Christian Red, Michael O'Keeffe, and Nathaniel Vinton. Our Investigative Team - renamed iTeam for the Web - has won more than a dozen major awards since its formation in 2000.
The aftermath of Super Bowl XLVI from Dave Zirin's mind Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:02:21 EST Edge of Sports columnist Dave Zirin’s Super Bowl wrap up for The Nation celebrated the working-class heroes who protested Indiana’s right-to-work legislation, but the best lines of his column focused on supermodel and one-percenter Gisele Bundchen’s meltdown after husband Tom Brady’s walked off ...
Lawyers assert NFL needs to do more to address needs of players who suffer concussions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:56 EST By Michael V. Kaplen and Shana De Caro As the New York Giants and the New England Patriots prepare for their Super Bowl showdown amid great hype and fanfare, another battle is being waged off the field which is not spoken about all that publicly. While the National Football League's ...
Discovery Channel’s ‘All-Star Dealers’ debut brings back mixed reviews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:34:40 EST “All-Star Dealers,” the Discovery Channel reality show about Long Island’s Grey Flannel Auctions, debuted this week to a chilly reception. The show, which stars longtime dealer Richie Russek, seems to be going over about as well as an FBI raid at a memorabilia convention. From The Cardboard ...
Joe Paterno's death appears to sway public opinion on Penn State's firing of iconic coach Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:57:34 EST Public opinion of Joe Paterno has softened in the days after his death, according to a new Seton Hall Sports Poll. When respondents were asked in November, shortly after longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested on sex-abuse charges, if Penn State’s trustees did the right ...
Former WADA president rips NFLPA for dragging feet on HGH testing Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:09:46 EST Former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound, writing in WADA’s official publication, rips the NFL Players Association for dragging its feet on human growth hormone testing. The union lawyers who say they want more information about the testing for the performance-enhancing drug ...
Joe Paterno's death impacts criminal case stemming from Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse scandal at Penn State Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:01:00 EST Joe Paterno’s death will have an impact on the criminal cases against former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz, Widener University associate professor of law Wes Oliver told the Daily News on Monday. Paterno may have been a witness for the defense, Oliver ...
Sports editor of 'The Nation' asks Michael Ratner, Bruce Ratner's brother, to screen 'Battle for Brooklyn' Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:45:57 EST Michael Ratner, the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, is a hero to many people for his work for human rights and civil liberties. He’s also an investor in brother Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development, which includes an arena for the NBA’s Nets, which has prompted some ...
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn takes Gotbaum to task for support of Ratner Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:11:26 EST Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum’s recent rush to defend Nets’ minority owner Bruce Ratner shows that when it comes to New York politics, the fox is quite welcome in the hen house, according to Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. “We don't remember her doing any meaningful public ...
Occupy Wall Street has been a boon for 'Battle for Brooklyn' Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:41:12 EST We wrote a few months back how "Battle for Brooklyn," the critically praised documentary about the fight over Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards, reflected the anger and frustration that prompted Occupy Wall Street. Now, Press Action, a D.C.-area website dedicated to news analysis, reports that OWS ...
Operation Rescue plans anti-abortion ads during Super Bowl Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:56:13 EST Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry is planning on purchasing advertising time in 40 cities to broadcast graphic anti-abortion ads during the Super Bowl next month. The ads, Raw Story reports, claim that abortion is mass murder and will show what is purported to be aborted ...
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