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May

A Parent’s Perspective

Posted by Sports Spectrum  Published in Coaching, Ethics, Perspective

Two of my favorite baseball movies are “The Natural” and “Field of Dreams,” and the two films share a common theme—that, to a great extent, baseball is about fathers and sons. In “The Natural,” Roy Hobbs is taught the game as a boy by his father, who then dies prematurely. When [...]

 
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Feb

Crossing the Line

Posted by Sports Spectrum  Published in Ethics

Sometimes, however, the effort to get to the top causes athletes to “cross the line” into areas that are gray at best, and outright forbidden at worst.

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