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This Emmy Award-winning investigative series examines topical issues off the playing field. It includes interviews and opinions from leading authorities on the issue at hand. Hosted by veteran journalist Bob Ley, Outside the Lines has investigated trends and topics ranging from sports teams' hazing to the overseas labor practices of U.S. sneaker companies.

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Economic crisis delays Lambeau project

Kevin Seifert, NFC North

...write thousands of words on this topic but for now I'll refer you to a recent "Outside the Lines" piece by ESPN contributor Gare Joyce, who examined the potential effects of the crisis on...

Blog | October 10, 2008

Chat with Chikosi Walker

...Wednesday, Chikosi Walker, father of YouTube sensation Marquise Walker, will stop by to chat about the latest Outside The Lines piece "YouTube Baby." "YouTube Baby" tells the story of 8-year-old Marquise Walker, a...

Chat | September 24, 2008

Big Ten Friday Mailbag

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Happy Friday to all. Let's see what's on your mind.  Adam from Phoenix writes: The 2008 Buckeyes look simila...

Blog | September 19, 2008

Chat with Page 2's Jeff Pearlman

...was caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. The story will also be featured on "Outside the Lines" on ESPN Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. Send your questions now and join Pearlman...

Chat | September 17, 2008

Outside The Lines: Running From The Past

John Barr talks to runners who survived Kenya's recent violence

Video | August 17, 2008

Big Ten Saturday: Penn State media day, Grady pleads guilty

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...about the quarterback situation, Jeff McLane writes in the Philadelphia Enquirer.Paterno didn't watch the infamous Outside the Lines piece on Penn State but admitted mistakes were made in handling some of the offseason...

Blog | August 09, 2008

Headed to Madison

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...State's media day: Joe Paterno isn't close to naming a starting quarterback and said the Outside the Lines piece didn't prompt him to dismiss two defensive tackles, Bob Flounders writes in The...

Blog | August 08, 2008

Outside the lines changing minds?

MdVarsity.com

...hour drive for most of the Maryland football players committed to Penn State University, but the ESPN Outside the Lines series profiling the trouble Penn State athletes have gotten into over the past six years...

Blog Entry | August 02, 2008

Chat with Richard Jensen

...stop by to chat and share his life story about battling addiction. Jensen told his story to Outside the Lines in Getting off the Mat. Jensen, a former high school wrestler at Tigard High School...

Chat | July 31, 2008

Big Ten Morning Briefing: More reaction from Penn State

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...s dismissals of two Penn State players like most of us, as a reactionary response to the Outside the Lines piece. Jones writes: "Defensive tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor were sacrificed to make Paterno...

Blog | July 31, 2008

Back from the Big Ten offices, examining PSU

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Wednesday. No one has been charged. The timing of the dismissals, just three days after ESPN's "Outside the Lines" aired a segment about Penn State's recent string of off-field problems, certainly raises...

Blog | July 30, 2008

Morning Briefing: Is Beanie Wells the next Jim Brown?

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...deepest position group despite the legal problems of junior Lance Smith. Joe Paterno's reaction to the Outside the Lines piece about Penn State's off-field issues could play a role in getting the...

Blog | July 30, 2008

Morning Briefing: Wisconsin's QB competition, Means back for Indiana

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Joe Paterno to task for getting defensive about Penn State's off-field problems on ESPN's Outside the Lines. In case you missed it, Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean has even more time to...

Blog | July 29, 2008

Iowa, Penn State players bond over rough times

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Both the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions have endured their share of problems during the offseason. ESPN's "Outside the Lines" recently documented Penn State's string of transgressions, while Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and other...

Blog | July 28, 2008

Morning Briefing: Penn State on OTL, Michigan's apostles

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...30. Here's a look around the league, which is still digesting from media days: ESPN's Outside the Lines piece on Penn State's off-field problems has caused quite a stir around Happy...

Blog | July 28, 2008