Outside the Beltway

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

College athletes are now free to cash in on their fame.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Most NCAA restrictions violate anti-trust law.

The Crimson Tide’s best season is one that shouldn’t have been played.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

Nine years after retiring as Head Coach at Florida, Urban Meyer announced earlier this week that he would retire from his current position at Ohio State after the Rose Bowl.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

ESPN won’t air the National Anthem before regular season games this year, but that probably won’t stop the President from ranting about it.

A Federal Judge in California has largely rejected a Trump Administration challenge to a series of new laws in California designed to protect so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Jim Jordan, who heads the powerful House Freedom Caucus, is being accused of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor while he was a coach at The Ohio State University.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

The Commission on College Basketball recommended an end to the one-and-done rule and other major reforms.

A top basketball prospect is skipping the farcical year in college before turning pro.

The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.

The Supreme Court heard argument today in a case challenging a 1992 law barring sports gambling in all but a handful of states, and the Justices appeared skeptical of the law.

Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.

One of the greatest coaches of all time has passed.

The news that the late football legend Frank Gifford suffered from the same chronic brain disease that has been diagnosed in many N.F.L. players in recent years, and the upcoming release of a new film on the issue, seems certain to increase pressure to protect players at all levels of football.

The National Labor Relations Board refused to certify an effort by athletes at Northwestern University to unionize.

With just over a week to go, Republican candidates for President are fighting for the movement in the polls that could get them in to the August 6th debate.

Another poll shows that Republicans are largely out of step with public opinion on the question of whether businesses should be free to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings.

A bill pending in Louisiana seems likely to become the next national focus in the debate between marriage equality and claims of ‘religious freedom.’

Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia may soon see the same battle over RFRA laws that is playing itself out in Indiana

The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.

A victory for evil.

Some preliminary thoughts on the inaugural college playoff system.

You’ve got your playoff College Football fans, as imperfect as it was inevitably going to be.

Once again, a Federal Judge has barred New Jersey’s effort to legalize sports betting based on Federal law. it’s time for the Federal Government to get out of the way on this issue.

Obama proposes four ‘net neutrality’ rules.

We are obviously moving toward an era of streaming and other services that don’t rely on Cable/Satellite providers, but it will still take some time to get there and for it to be cost effective.

The B.C.S. was far from perfect, and the College Football Playoff system will be, at best, only slightly better.

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

The Worldwide Leader has a conflict of interest. But it handled it correctly in this case.

Well, that punishment didn’t last for very long.

UConn won another national championship. Their graduation rate remains embarrassing.

Are student athletes employees? According to an NLRB hearing officer they are, but that’s hardly the end of the story.