Sports Roundtable

The Northwestern University football team's petition to unionize raises thorny questions—but it's a radical first step in making athletes' voices heard in decisions that affect them.

Concern for player safety is at an all-time high, but it's unclear whether it's the responsibility of schools, coaches, or youth leagues to take measures to protect kids.

The response to Richie Incognito's alleged harassment of a teammate just shows the futility of trying to hold the NFL to the same standard as any other workplace.

This year's World Series has had enough controversial calls to make a case for the MLB stepping into the 21st century. But will the game still need old-fashioned judgment calls?

A surprise set of top picks plus some questionable matchmaking between players and teams made this year's draft one of the more puzzling in recent memory.

Forget the hype, the legacies, the rivalries. The games themselves dwarfed all of that.

And with three games left in the series, can the Spurs make a final push past a resurgent Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh?

Sergio Garcia's recent "fried chicken" comment about Tiger Woods was in poor taste—but it's one of the more captivating things that's happened to golf in a while.

Changing the NFL franchise's name won't go over well with diehard fans, nor will it reverse American history. But there's no excuse for continuing to commercialize a racial slur.

Jason Collins's coming out is a great thing for sports, but it's also a great thing for him.