Imagining a Worse Week in Sports
In a week where a NFL quarterback was charged with running a dog fighting ring, an NBA official was suspected of betting on games he refereed, and the Tour de France almost collapsed under the weight of doping scandals — could things get any worse for sports? Josh Levin of the online magazine Slate imagines even worse sports headlines, as presented by Steve Proffitt.
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