"IT HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN by sociologists and psychologists that sports have taken on a central role in the daily lives of millions of Americans, sometimes even exceeding politics, community service, religion, or family in importance,"...

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are those in which athletes receive payment for their performance. While men have competed as professional athletes throughout much of modern history, only recently has it become common for women to...

The 13 papers in this book address an aspect of professional sports that is not often discussed: sports as industry. The authors focus on the business decisions made by employers (owners), employees (players), and customers (fans), as well as the effect of these...

The greed and corruption in college sports that Warren Goldstein {"The Student-Athlete Sham," Outlook, Sept. 15} wrote of is merely a symptom of a much larger problem, and a professionalized college sports system is not the solution. The moment kids become involved in...

The ban on Internet gambling enacted last fall would be overturned under legislation proposed Thursday by a senior House Democrat, but the bill faces long odds in Congress.Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said the law preventing the use of...

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman continues to roll the dice trying to lure the San Diego Chargers to his gambling and entertainment mecca.Although the Chargers haven't responded _ yet _ to overtures from cities outside San Diego County, the team's top negotiator said Goodman called...