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Discusses the increased professionalism of high school sports in the United States. Epidemic of win-at-all-costs; Millions upon millions of dollars are being spent on high school football stadiums; Lavish spending in an age of dwindling educational resources; Chartered jet trips to away games; Alarming trickle-down of every bad college sports practice.

The article focuses on the sportsmanship showed by golfer Justin Thomas after winning the 99th PGA Championship tournament, that was held on August 13, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Thomas showed fairness after defeating fellow golfer Jordan Spieth and demonstrating the importance of sportsmanship and camaraderie among golfers. He also shares his victory with his parent's continuing support and advising him to enjoy his passion for golf.

The article reports on the lawsuit O'Bannon v. NCAA which discusses National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s use of images of its former student athlete Ed O'Bannon as an avatar in a basketball video game without being compensated. Topics discussed include the amateurism rules of the NCAA, the violation to antitrust laws, and the ruling made by federal judge Claudia Wilken on the case in June 2014.

The article reports on the 12th victory of jockey Eric Cancel in a horse racing event in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 27, 2015. The contribution of the lessons that he learned from other jockeys about professionalism to his success is discussed. Also mentioned are the challenges that he faced in his transition into a journeyman jockey.

The article discusses the disciplinary policies for a golfer to adhere to as stated by Jay Monahan the commissioner of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour. It talks about the measures imposed on a player for breaking the disciplines related to professional conduct, use of drug and personal behavior. It also discusses the injury sustained by the player Dustin Johnson, his rumored use of recreational drugs and the drug tests conducted on him.

The article reports on Joe Torre, a baseball player manager of the team New York Yankees. Topics discussed include the four victories made by the team under the coaching of Torre, a plaque he received at the Monument Park in El Paso County, Colorado, and the personal characteristics and professionalism of Torre that made him a successful sports manager.

The article discusses Judge Claudia Wilken's ruling in a case, known as the O'Bannon case, that challenged the U.S. National Collegiate Athletics Association (N.C.A.A.)'s rule against compensating college athletes for the use of their likenesses in video games and on television broadcasts. Topics addressed include Wilken's reputation, personality, and career history, as well as her ruling's impact on the N.C.A.A.'s rules on amateurism in college sports.

The article discusses a ruling by Judge Claudia Wilken in a case regarding the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.)'s rules barring college athletes from receiving compensation from the use of their names and images in video games and television broadcasts. Topics addressed include Wilken's ruling that the rules violate antitrust laws, former college basketball player Ed O'Bannon's filing of the lawsuit, and other cases involving the N.C.A.A.'s rules on amateurism. INSET: What the Ruling Means for Colleges and Players.

The article discusses several changes to the amateur athletics model of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (N.C.A.A.) amidst legal challenges from N.C.A.A. student-athletes as of July 23, 2014. Topics addressed include a decision not to require student-athletes to authorize the N.C.A.A.'s use of their names and likenesses for promotional purposes, as well as changes by athletic conferences and universities in response to public attitudes about player scholarships and compensation.

The article discusses criticisms of Mark A. Emmert, the president of the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.), based on the N.C.A.A.'s rules on college athletes' status as amateurs as of June 8, 2014. Topics addressed include complaints over a lack of compensation for student-athletes, as well as his leadership style and his reputation for pursuing reform.

The article reports that basketball player Ed O'Bannon filed a lawsuit against the amateurism rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and mentions that Judge Claudia Wilken of the Federal District Court agreed to hear the lawsuit.

The author examines a variety of sports scandals and wonders what it says about society that spectators continue to flock to sporting events despite questions of ethics and sportsmanship. Performance-enhancing drug scandals have proliferated within professional cycling, baseball, football, and other sports. Fans refuse to stop buying tickets. The charges of animal cruelty against professional football player Michael Vick are discussed.

Profiles Hideki Matsui, a baseball player who plays outfield for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. Adjustments that Matsui has had to make since coming to America from Japan to play baseball; View that Matsui is a "Yankee," deserving of the respect the team has garnered over the years; Comments from members of the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees main rival, attesting to the Matsui's popularity with other team's players; Comments from Jean Afterman, assistant general manager of the Yankees, regarding Matsui's ability to avoid controversy; Matsui's career highlights and history.

Reports on the brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers during their basketball game in the U.S. Performances of basketball players in the game; Involvement of fans in the riot; Criticisms against the behavior of players in the court.

The author reflects on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the concept of amateurism and commercialization of college sports in the U.S.

The author reflects on the amateurism code imposed by Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which will serve as the main core values of the member athletes.

The author reflects on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) investigations for Shabazz Muhammad, a freshman in University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He says that the N.C.C.A declared Muhammad as inelligible due to violations of N.C.A.A amateurism rules. The author says that N.C.A.A is investigating the conversation between Abigail Grantstein, who had breached the confidentiality of the association, because of wanting to protect "the integrity" of its process.

Over the past few months, I have used this column to explore the various injustices perpetrated by the N.C.A.A. I have written about the way it terrorizes the parents of athletes it is investigating -- athletes, I should note, who are invariably suspended before they are even told the charges against them. I have questioned the N.C.A.A.'s lack of due process and its indifference to the most rudimentary concepts of fairness. I have pointed out that its rules enforcing amateurism discriminate against black athletes from disadvantaged backgrounds. And I have wondered, more than once, how an organization as powerful as the N.C.A.A. can deprive one group of students -- ''student-athletes,'' as the N.C.A.A. insists on calling them -- of rights that every other university student, and for that matter, every other American, assumes are his as a matter of course. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A number of years ago, a friend and colleague, Shaun Powell, published a book, ''Souled Out?'' The book questioned whether sports have been a positive or destructive force for African-Americans. I wasn't sold then or now on the idea that sports were a wildfire that ravaged the black community. Commercialized sports may have had a debilitating impact on sportsmanship and respect, but they have provided an opportunity for many to earn money -- in some cases a fortune -- by being skillful athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Australia overcame injuries and defeated Wales, 21-18, in the third-place game at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. France and favored New Zealand will play for the title on Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- All the attention was on Tiger Woods at the Frys.com Open, which suited Ernie Els fine. Like Woods, Els came to CordeValle Golf Club looking for his lost game, and he preferred not to be accompanied by an unwieldy search party of fans and pundits. Els, a three-time major champion who turns 42 later this month, had not recorded a top-10 finish all year, his slump cruelly coinciding with his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was acutely aware that many people in the sport have been mentally compiling his career obituary. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Adrian Peterson, right, rushed for 122 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Vikings beat the Cardinals, 34-10, for their first victory. All three of Peterson's scoring runs came in the first quarter, and his yardage total and carries (29) were season highs. Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel threw four touchdown passes and seemed to revel in tormenting the Colts by alternating scoring passes between Dwayne Bowe and Steve Breaston, who each caught two in a 28-24 win. ''If you're going to double one, you can't double the other,'' Cassel said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MILWAUKEE -- The National League Championship Series had been portrayed as a clash of philosophies, a battle between new-school ostentation and old-school politesse. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, rivals in the Central Division, met 18 times during the regular season and produced a stretch of incidents born from gamesmanship and general ill will. Their dispute seemed to boil down to this: The Cardinals did not appreciate what they viewed as amateurish antics from the Brewers; the Brewers claimed to see through what they perceived as a false veil of professionalism from the Cardinals. Each team reiterated as much during workouts Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA -- Roy Halladay, the ace of the Philadelphia Phillies, does not quite fit the role of battered underdog. But there he was Saturday night, licking his wounds after giving up a gigantic three-run homer in the first inning of a division series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Nicklas Lidstrom, 41, will return for a 20th season with the Detroit Red Wings. He agreed to a one-year deal worth $6.2 million, the same as last season. Lidstrom is a Norris Trophy finalist for the 11th time. If he wins the award for being the league's top defenseman, it will be his seventh, matching Doug Harvey and trailing Bobby Orr's record by one. ''Nick had a tremendous year and continues to be one of the elite defensemen in the game,'' Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland said. Lidstrom is also a finalist for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and the Mark Messier Leadership Award. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alexis Thompson, 15, became the youngest female golfer to turn professional, signing an endorsement agreement with Cobra-Puma Golf. Thompson will compete in her first professional event this weekend at the Shoprite L.P.G.A. Classic in Galloway, N.J. Thompson's decision to turn pro came after she went undefeated last week in the United States' Curtis Cup victory against Britain and Ireland. Three years ago, at age 12, Thompson became the youngest player to qualify for the United States Women's Open. Thompson will turn 16 in February. Michelle Wie, now 20, turned pro a week before her 16th birthday in 2005. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Detroit Lions got Caleb Campbell on the field two years after they drafted him out of West Point. The Lions announced they signed Campbell before starting their rookie orientation camp. In 2008, Detroit drafted Campbell in the seventh round. On the eve of training camp, he was told not to sign his contract. The Army revised its interpretation of United States Department of Defense policy regarding soldiers playing professional sports, requiring cadets to complete two years of active duty before applying for a release. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

At a time when sports tutors seem as plentiful as piano teachers and high school games are routinely nationally televised, Peter Barston has learned something important about youth sports. Adults may lean toward turning children's games into an approximation of professional sports. But ask young players what they want, and the answer can be disarmingly simple. More than training to be a Super Bowl star, more than even winning, youngsters play sports for fun -- at least they do in Darien, Conn., Barston said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hong Kong doesn't have much in the way of professional sports, but it takes its horse racing very seriously. The racing season runs from September through July (it's too hot in the summer), so this is just about midseason. The next major meet, at the suburban Sha Tin track, above right, is the first leg of Hong Kong's Triple Crown on Jan. 31. For a more mellow experience, there are generally two meets a week, with weekend day races at Sha Tin, and Wednesday night races at the smaller Happy Valley circuit, in the middle of the city. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Looking back at the N.H.L. from the vantage point of the first weekend of 2010, one precedent-smashing event defined the just-concluded decade and will continue to have ramifications for the decade that has just begun: the lockout that led to the cancellation of the 2004-5 season. Never before had an entire North American professional sports season been lost because of a labor dispute. It was not merely the pivotal event of the decade for the N.H.L.; it was perhaps the pivotal event in the modern history of pro hockey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A day later, the Thierry Henry handball controversy has spun off into something entirely different from Thursday's woe-to-Ireland, Henry-the-thief themes. Now, it's a lively discussion of sportsmanship. Henry kicked this off all on his own, by coming out and saying the fairest solution is to replay the game between France and Ireland, the first version of which (and France's berth in the World Cup) was decided by his wayward paw. Soccer's governing body, FIFA, had already rather unsportingly shot down the idea, while none other than David Beckham rushed to Henry's defense and some of the sport's attention was diverted by a match-fixing scandal in Europe, but plenty of people paused to ask, what if Henry had called the foul on himself when it happened? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Yankees took the field in gruesome weather Friday night -- cold, windy, rainy -- for the first game of the American League Championship Series against the clumsily named Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The game was played in the new Yankee Stadium, which is equipped with all the upscale accoutrements that are becoming essential in professional sports -- enormous video screens to give you the real-life feel of watching the game on television, luxurious restaurants, luxury boxes, outlandish prices and so forth. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A federal appeals court ruled that sports betting in Delaware would violate a 1992 federal ban on such wagering, essentially halting the state's plans to start taking bets next month. The plan was opposed by the professional sports leagues and the N.C.A.A., which claimed it violated the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, would harm their reputations and expose young people to gambling. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Carolyn Bivens was hired in 2005 as the commissioner of the L.P.G.A., she had made a breakthrough, becoming the first woman to lead the oldest women's sports organization in the United States. It was heralded as a sign of empowerment, a forceful female executive who was ready to govern and lead a professional sports organization to success in the rigorous world of sports entertainment. The historic era did not last long. The L.P.G.A. ended weeks of acrimony between Bivens and some players on Monday by announcing Bivens's resignation. On a day of sweeping changes, the L.P.G.A. named Marsha Evans, a retired rear admiral in the Navy and an L.P.G.A. board member, as the interim commissioner. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Devils forward Zach Parise, who had his most productive season, was named one of the three finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy, along with Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, who has won the award the last three seasons, and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis, a four-time finalist. The Lady Byng Trophy is awarded to the player who excels while displaying ''the best type of sportsmanship.'' Parise played in all 82 games, scoring a career-high 45 goals, but he received only 12 minor penalties. byng DAVE CALDWELL [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame has selected Bob Carrothers, a 1940 tennis prodigy who was the national junior champion when he was killed in an auto accident at age 18. A tennis sportsmanship award established in his name is entering its 69th year. A six-member committee examined endorsements of Carrothers from three world champions of the 1940s and 1950s, Jack Kramer, 87; Vic Seixas, 85; and Budge Patty, 85. Nearly a dozen competitors and contemporaries testified to Carrothers's character and potential. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Randy Levine, the president of the Yankees, told a Congressional hearing Friday that if the city had not issued tax-exempt financing for the team's new stadium, it would have left town. ''It's been no secret for many years'' that the team would move if it could not save tens of millions of dollars on financing with tax-free bonds, Levine told the House subcommittee on domestic policy. He added: ''There was no shortage of suitors. We see ourselves as a paradigm in professional sports.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As Brandon Jacobs and Justin Tuck of the Giants walked by the locker of Plaxico Burress on Monday, they noted the growing crowd of news media and offered advice. ''Leave the man alone,'' Jacobs said to the reporters. ''Plead the Fifth,'' Tuck told Burress. Even under normal circumstances, Burress would be a big deal this week. The Giants (5-1) will visit his former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1) on Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A hundred years later, it is still one of the most controversial games played in American professional sports -- and still the only major league game ever decided by an umpire alone in his hotel room, hours after the last pitch was thrown. It set off one of the worst displays of sportsmanship ever seen in New York City. Most amazing of all, it allowed the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, the last time they have done so. Think Chuck Knoblauch meets Steve Bartman, and you will have some idea of the immensity of Fred Merkle's blunder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After 25 days at the Olympics, what a treat it was to get off the plane and hear the anguished yowls of Yankees fans, taking it out on Alex Rodriguez. Yankees fans are not encumbered by any Olympic code of sportsmanship, any Olympic truce, but instead are motivated by the worldwide blood impulse of the partisan fan, that is to say, what have you done for me lately, you rich slackers? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Olympic narrative is always about the human effort to excel in athletic competition, a story of grace and stamina under pressure. This year it is also about technology and how it is shaping both the athletes' performance and the viewers' experience. Every Olympic day in Beijing is filled with dozens of events. But most days it seems as though the events have multiplied kaleidoscopically. It seems everywhere we go there is a race, a game, a young man or woman vaulting over a gymnastics horse playing in the back or foreground. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Kurt Busch won a Nascar Sprint Cup race Sunday even though he was not sitting in his stock car at the time. A tarpaulin covered his blue Dodge, which was parked on pit road and had a part ominously dangling from the bottom. The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was stopped after 284 laps, 17 laps early, because of a robust thunderstorm, and Busch was awarded his first victory of the season. He benefited from shrewd fuel strategy and a perfectly timed shower, at least for him. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Although the Dodgers did not have a hit, it was not a no-hitter. They even won what was one of the strangest games in recent years, with an unearned run all they needed to beat the visiting Angels, 1-0. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dick Ebersol scrunched his lengthy frame on a cold plywood floor of the open broadcasting booth. Unable to see the opening ceremony of the 1968 Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France, Ebersol was learning the business at the feet of Jim McKay. Literally at the feet of Jim McKay. With chairs for only three officials, Ebersol, then 20, gave McKay hand-printed 8-by-11 cards containing facts about athletes Ebersol could not see. He would hear McKay say something like, ''And here comes Austria,'' and Ebersol would dig into his bag of tricks for some juicy detail he had collected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Aaron Garcia threw seven touchdown passes -- four to Chris Anthony -- and ran for a score in the Dragons' 63-34 victory against the Grand Rapids Rampage in Uniondale, N.Y. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rarity for the Royals When Kansas City swept Detroit in their season-opening series, it was only the second time the Royals have opened the season with a three-game sweep on the road. The first time was also in Detroit, in 1977. Kansas City did not get its first three-game sweep in 2007 until June 25-27, when the Royals swept the Angels. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article informs that the rugby football team from South Africa has won its second rugby World Cup on October 20, 2007 by defeating England's team with 15-6 score. As reported, the winning team scored crucial points in penalty kicks. Rugby players Percy Montgomery and Francois Steyn are reported to have given key contribution in penalty kicks for South African team.

The article reports on the performance of the baseball team Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series. As reported, the young players of the team who performed important roles in the team's season gained invaluable experience in the playoffs. According to Mark Reynolds, the team's third baseman, Diamondbacks are going to be reckoned with in the league for many years to come.

The article comments on the baseball team Colorado Rockies which has emerged as the most favored team ever to enter a World Series. It appreciates the team's performance since 1995, when the Major League Baseball switched to the current playoff format. It says that pitchers Ubaldo Jiménez and Franklin Morales are the team's most important players, and if the team wins against the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, the players will probably play a bigger role than momentum.

The article presents information related to the performance of Kevin Smith, a player of the college football team of the University of Central Florida. It is stated that this player is averaging 172 yards a game on the ground. It has also been reported that Smith is performing well on the biggest stages in the 2007 season.