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Major U.S. men's sports leagues have been preparing for the moment when an active player announces he's gay. It was never a matter of if, but when.

In response to several Twitter requests, here's Outside the Lines on Jason Collins, featuring TrueHoop's Kevin Arnovitz:...

Video of Rutgers University men's basketball practices from 2010-12 shows incidents in which coach Mike Rice hurls basketballs from close range at players, shoves his players, feigns punches, kicks them and screams obscenities and homophobic slurs.

If you have given or are planning to give to a charity run by an athlete, the OTL report on the fraud and inefficiency inherent in the vast majority of charitable foundations linked to athletes should change your mind.

An "Outside the Lines" investigation of 115 charities founded by high-profile, top-earning male and female athletes has found that most of their charities don't measure up to what charity experts would say is an efficient, effective use of money.

As he reaches his 50th birthday, MJ is still looking for one more ass to kick

OTL will be discussing Royce White on Tuesday, January 22nd at 3 pm ET on ESPN....

David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, says the war on performance-enhancing drugs in sports cannot be won.

Nov. 13, 1979: We defer to Tom Friend's "Outside the Lines" piece to recap the event of this day 33 years ago -- when Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins broke his first backboard: The closest witness, Bill Robinzine (God rest his soul), had to hav...

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In just four weeks, Jeremy Lin's sudden emergence for the New York Knicks has brought sports fans face-to-face with some of the same racial and cultural stereotypes that players on teams like the Boston Hurricanes have wrestled with for decades.

If I've said it once, I've said it at least 25 or 30 times: No coach in college basketball is better at communicating with his fan base and the larger public than Kentucky coach John Calipari. Much of this communication comes from his massive foll...

UFC fighters are fiercely competitive and know they could be cut, bruised or placed in submission holds that can render them temporarily unconscious. But mention "fighter pay" to them and they become consumed with fear, flight instincts taking over.

Amateur Athletic Union announces investigation, contacts police about allegations

ESPN's Outside The Lines explored recent sports letdowns in the Dallas area with Mavs center Tyson Chandler and ESPN Dallas' Richard Durrett and Calvin Watkins. The show discussed the Mavs' championship defense being on hold, the Rangers' World Serie...