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Charles Barkley hates the playa and the game, but he should look in the mirrorEvery Cinderella story needs a bitter, jaded, elderly hater. Charles Barkley is college basketball’s evil stepmother analog. One of the most maddening staples of every March Madness is TNT loaning out Charles Barkley for CBS’ NCAA Tournament studio show coverage where he dissects college hoops with ...

If Motodoping Exists, <i>60 Minutes</i> Sure Didn't Prove It<em></em>One year ago to the day, officials uncovered one of the strangest scandals in a sport famous for strange scandals....

A-Rod's "Bribe" Of Tony Bosch Doesn't Look Much Like A BribeAmong the many claims made against Alex Rodriguez in a one-sided 60 Minutes segment was that Rodriguez had attempted to pay off Biogenesis founder Tony Bosch when Bosch decided to cooperate with MLB's investigation. The CBS broadcast presented it as fact, and MLB COO Rob Manfred outright called it a...

<em>60 Minutes</em> Presents The Case Against MLB

Not 36 hours after an arbitrator largely sided with MLB and pegged Alex Rodriguez's suspension at all of 2014, Bud Selig took a bizarre, televised victory lap. A double-length 60 Minutes segment that publicly (and for the very first time) laid out the evidence against A-Rod, featuring sit-down inter...

Battle Of The Sexes

Next month, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "The Battle of the Sexes," American Masters will premier their show on Billie Jean King. It's the first time in the program's history that a sports figure has been profiled. And this Sunday over at ESPN, Outside the Lines will feature a segment on Kin...

60 Minutes Has Gotten To The Bottom Of Why No Major-Conference Colleges Recruited Jeremy Lin

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Aaron Rodgers Feels He Got Screwed By <i>60 Minutes</i>

Aaron Rodgers is not short. But he used to be short (for a quarterback), and it still rankles him immensely, and just about the worst thing you can say to him is that he looks smaller in person. 60 Minutes's Sunday profile of Rodgers caught him at a fan meet-and-greet, and when one unlucky contest...

Aaron Rodgers Is Very Sensitive About His Height

60 Minutes ran a profile of Aaron Rodgers last night, and it was, as is customary for most of their non-tennis sports segments, not really designed for sports fans. (Did you know the Packers play in a small town, but have won a lot of championships, and their fans really love the team? I hope you ...