by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2016
Laurie Fine’s Libel Lawsuit against ESPN Dismissed
Laurie Fine's lawsuit against ESPN was dismissed. Fine, the wife of former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, sued ESPN...
Sports Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2016
Fired Columnist Angela Haggerty back at Scottish paper after Rangers controversy
Angela Haggerty, one of the two Scottish Herald writers fired last month, is back at the Glasgow-based daily newspaper. Haggerty...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 02, 2016
After Daniel Holtzclaw Story, SB Nation Fires Editor & Reporter, Puts Longform articles on Hiatus
In the nearly two weeks since SB Nation unpublished a sympathetic story on Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2016
Sympathetic story about convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw was ‘Tone-Deaf, Insensitive,’ SB Nation Deletes
Is it possible or even conceivable to write, much less publish, a sympathetic story about a convicted serial rapist? Vox-owned...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2016
Ryan Howard, Ryan Zimmerman Sue Al Jazeera over Sports Doping Documentary
Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard are suing Al Jazeera over its December documentary linking them and Peyton...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2016
Will Peyton Manning Sue Al Jazeera over HGH Claim? ‘Probably’ he says
Will Peyton Manning sue Al Jazeeera? The documentary The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers is posted on Gawker-owned site Deadspin....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2015
BBC Host Andy West gets Suspended after Facebook post about Tyson Fury
The BBC suspended Northern Ireland staffer Andy West after he criticized a BBC decision on Facebook. West deleted his Facebook post,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 19, 2015
Swimming World magazine sued for libel after Katinka Hosszu doping commentary
An editorial that appeared in the Arizona-based magazine Swimming World questioned whether the Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu uses performance enhancing drugs....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2015
ESPN Names Jim Brady as New Public Editor
ESPN has named its sixth public editor to handle reader and viewer complaints and concerns. Jim Brady will start his 18-month...