As sports has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry, there has been an explosion in the number of lawyers who specialize in sports law. There has been an understandably significant increase in the number of persons desiring to represent professional athletes. This increase can be explained by ...

VIOLENCE IN SPORTS "...Steeler running back Rocky Bleier, whose war time experiences, not so oddly, offer some insights. To Bleier, there are interesting parallels between survival in war and survival in the NFL. 'The experiences with war injuries and football injuries are quite the ...

Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a whi...

With the increase of media coverage over that last few decades, the responsibilities of professional athletes have become much greater than simply sports related. These men and women have been exposed by the media in good and bad ways, but it seems that their true stories are sometimes being fli...

Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, or personal interest, everyone at one point in their life had somebody that they looked up to, or modeled their life around. It could have been a parent, teacher, priest, or perhaps someone famous. Many young kids today look up to celebrities, which include actor...

Professional athletes get an unfair advantage by using steroids. Athletes should be banned from using steroids as a muscle enhancer. There are many effects on a person's well being by using steroids. Sports should be based on talent and skill without any type of medicine to enhance a player&a...