Sports Scandals

The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name "Black Sox" also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that year. Eight members of the Chicago franchise were banned from baseball for throwing games. The. . . more

The question of steroid use in baseball has been an ongoing issue for Major League Baseball since the mid 1990s and into the 21st century. Steroids are performance-enhancing drugs which have been banned from baseball. While rumors of drug use by players have persisted for years, the controversy. . . more

On July 20, 2007, a report of an investigation by the FBI into allegations of an NBA referee betting on games to control the point spread emerged by columnist Murray Weiss of the New York Post. It was later revealed that Tim Donaghy, who has a gambling problem, placed tens of thousands of dollars. . . more

Roy Jones Jr. represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games where he won the silver medal. His participation there proved to be controversial when he lost a highly disputed 3-2 decision in the final. Jones lost to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun, despite pummeling Park for three. . . more

The "death penalty" refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) power to force United States academic institutions not to compete in certain sports. It is the most severe punishment that a school can receive. It has only been implemented twice--against the University of. . . more

Jim Thorpe, often considered the greatest all-around athlete who ever lived, captured both events at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, but was stripped of both titles after it was discovered that he had played professional baseball in 1909 and 1910. In 1983 his results were reinstated by the IOC and. . . more

Amid reports that he had bet on baseball, Rose was questioned in February 1989 by outgoing commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his replacement, Bart Giamatti. Rose denied the allegations. Three days later, lawyer John Dowd was retained to investigate these charges against Rose. A Sports Illustrated. . . more

The 1978-79 Boston College Basketball team ended its season with a 22-9 record. Two years later, on November 23, 1981, starting center Rick Kuhn was convicted of point shaving in six of the team's games. Four associates of Kuhn, including mafia boss Jimmy Burke were also convicted as masterminds. . . more

Johnson celebrating a victory at the 1988 Olympic games before he was disqualified for doping At the 1987 World Championships, in Rome, Johnson gained instant world fame when he beat Lewis for the title, setting a new world record of 9.83 seconds as well. But, in almost every way, 1988 was not a. . . more

The United States rode their seven consecutive gold medals and 63-0 Olympic record to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The team won its first eight games in convincing fashion, setting up a final against the Soviet Union. Without question, the 1972 Olympic men's basketball gold medal game is. . . more

The 2003 Baylor University basketball scandal was an incident in which Baylor University was investigated and punished for violating many NCAA regulations. The disappearance and murder of Patrick Dennehy Patrick Dennehy was a junior forward who transferred to Baylor University from the University. . . more

Clem Haskins was hired as the Gopher basketball coach in 1986, expected to clean up and rebuild the Gopher program which had been torn apart by the Madison sexual assault allegations (of which the players were later acquitted) during the final year of coach Jim Dutcher. Though wins didn't come. . . more

The University of Michigan basketball scandal was an incident in which the men's college basketball program at the University of Michigan was investigated and punished for NCAA rules violations, principally involving payments booster Ed Martin made to several players to launder money from an. . . more

In 1950, the men's team from the City College of New York won both the NIT and NCAA championships, the only team ever to accomplish that feat. The CCNY team represented the city it played in. Composed of neighborhood kids in a tuition-free institution which included sons of immigrations and. . . more

Danny Almonte, the star pitcher of a Little League team from the Bronx, N.Y., pitched his squad into the Little League World Series, where he threw a perfect game. However, his team, the Rolando Paulino All-Stars, was stripped of its district, state and region titles and of its third-place finish. . . more

The 2006 Duke University lacrosse case was a scandal that started in March 2006 when Crystal Gail Mangum, an African American stripper and escort, falsely accused three white members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team of raping, beating, and sodomizing her at a party held at the residence of. . . more

The bottom fell out during what was supposed to be FSU's finest hour, when Sports Illustrated followed the Seminoles' first championship season of 1993 with a shattering expose on how scouts for professional sports agents had infiltrated the team. It was called the "Foot Locker" scandal when it. . . more

The 2004 La Salle University men's basketball scandal, often simply referred to as the La Salle rape scandal, was an incident that began in June 2004, in which three members of the La Salle University men's basketball team were accused of rape in two separate incidences. Gary Neal and Mike Cleaves. . . more

The 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery to obtain the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Before 1995, the city had attempted several times to secure the games, but failed each time. In 1995 Salt Lake City was announced as the host city,. . . more

In early 2005, German football was overshadowed by the discovery of a 2 million Euro match-fixing scandal centered on second division referee Robert Hoyzer, who confessed to fixing and betting on matches in the 2nd Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal (German Cup), and the third division Regionalliga. The. . . more

Tonya Harding became notorious for allegedly conspiring to harm competitor Nancy Kerrigan in an attack, which occurred on January 6, 1994 at a practice session during the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired Shane Stant to strike Kerrigan on the knee.. . . more

An alleged sex party occurred on October 6, 2005 on Lake Minnetonka when seventeen key members of the Minnesota Vikings football team, including quarterback Daunte Culpepper, Fred Smoot, Mewelde Moore, Pat Williams, Bryant McKinnie, Nate Burleson, Ralph Brown, Troy Williamson, Travis Taylor, Kevin. . . more

The pressure for the Olympics was intense. Despite several silvers and bronzes, Canada had only won two gold medals in figure skating, in 1948 and 1960. All eyes were on Jamie Salé and David Pelletier to break the streak and win in the 2002 Olympics, overcoming the Russian pairs dominance that. . . more