Mark Fainaru-Wada

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Mark Fainaru-Wada is a reporter for ESPN's Enterprise Unit.

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Dishing out some October mea culpas

Pat Forde, ESPN.com

From the art of the apology to coaches on the hot seat to players trending up and down, The Dash runs through it all.

Story | Conversation | October 05, 2009

The law won't stop the leaks

Lester Munson, ESPN.com

Baseball's 2003 drug tests were supposed to be confidential, so why doesn't the legal system punish the people who keep leaking names? We have the answer.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2009

Tough times for hometown sports

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN

The hard times for hometown sports across America came into unhappy focus when a General Motors assembly plant closed in Wisconsin.

Story | Conversation | June 21, 2009

Manny fallout: no excuses left

Howard Bryant, ESPN.com

Somebody has always had an excuse, a way to dismiss the latest steroid revelation in baseball. But no longer. Not after Manny Ramirez's suspension.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2009

Critical mass crisis: child obesity

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN

As P.E. programs decline, kids are reaching the wrong kind of critical mass. 'Outside the Lines' looks at the child obesity crisis in America.

Story | Conversation | March 25, 2009

The Breaking Point

Chuck Klosterman

A pop culture commentator looks at Barry Bonds' assault on Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron, and draws some troubling conclusions-not for Bonds, but for us

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2008

Tammy Thomas verdict doesn't bode well for Barry Bonds

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN

The legal team representing Barry Bonds in his defense against perjury charges learned something from the Tammy Thomas verdict on Friday. It learned it has a daunting challenge, writes ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada.

Story | Conversation | April 04, 2008

Novitzky's Tammy Thomas testimony is no clue to Bonds case

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN

IRS special agent Jeff Novitzky finally was cross-examined in the Tammy Thomas perjury trial Monday, but anyone looking for clues to his role in a possible Barry Bonds trial will be disappointed, writes ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2008

As she heads to prison, Jones remains a cautionary tale

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN

Marion Jones' fall from grace was complete when she reported to federal prison on Friday. But it didn't have to end this way, as Kelli White illustrates. Mark Fainaru-Wada reports.

Story | Conversation | March 06, 2008

ESPN (mostly) rises to the occasion with Mitchell report

Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman

Though thankful ESPN generally rose journalistically to the occasion in coverage of the Mitchell report, the Ombudsman believes the network didn't do enough to distinguish between objective analysis and subjective commentary.

Story | January 13, 2008

Just what is so explosive about the Mitchell report?

Jim Caple, Page 2

The Mitchell report created a rash of media attention, but it actually contains very little new information.

Story | Conversation | December 20, 2007

Stories of Clemens, Bonds similar, yet very different

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The tales of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and their respective personal trainers are similar, but also quite different.

Story | Conversation | December 15, 2007

Questions the Mitchell report should answer

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

Will superstars be named? Who will be blamed? The Mitchell report should answer these questions and more when it is released.

Story | Conversation | December 13, 2007

Proportion, perspective missing ingredients in news coverage

Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman

Holding ESPN to a lofty journalistic standard, the ombudsman writes that, in several recent high-profile news stories, the sports network lacked proportion, perspective and decency.

Story | December 10, 2007

Hall of Fame needs to rethink accepting asterisk ball

Jemele Hill, Page 2

The Baseball Hall of Fame is doing a disservice to history by accepting Barry Bonds' asterisk-branded 756th home run ball.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2007