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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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Seminoles helped by 'LD' diagnoses

Tom Farrey, ESPN

Former Florida State learning specialist Brenda Monk tells "Outside the Lines" that during her time working with Seminole student-athletes, more than a third of the football team and three-quarters of the basketball team had learning disabilities.

Story | Conversation | December 12, 2009

Doc who once opposed steroids has new cause: HGH

Tom Farrey, ESPN The Magazine

Once an opponent of steroids, Bob Goldman now promotes the use of testosterone and human growth hormone as important tools in the antiaging movement, writes Tom Farrey.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 06, 2006

Doctor in Panthers case had own vision of health

Tom Farrey, ESPN The Magazine

The doctor in the Panthers steroids case didn't care about the rules. He did it his way, writes Tom Farrey.

Story | Conversation | September 05, 2006

HGH: Performance enhancer or healer?

Tom Farrey, ESPN The Magazine

If HGH is seen as a recovery drug, the line between sports medicine and performance enhancement could be more blurry than we'd like to acknowledge, writes Tom Farrey.

Story | Conversation | September 05, 2006

Cleaning up after spilled juice

Tom Farrey, ESPN The Magazine

The fallout of the BALCO investigation brought much public posturing but ultimately little change in the age of steroids.

Story | Conversation | July 22, 2005

'Fountain of youth in a bottle'

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Drugs used to treat AIDS patients are being diverted onto a black market to bulk up bodybuilders and professional athletes.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2004

Not safe at home

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Johan Santana, like many Venezuelan major leaguers, fears for the safety of his family back home.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2004

A matter of trust

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina has been urged not to give in to ransom demands to free his kidnapped mother.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2004

Dreading the winter ahead

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

With the risk of kidnapping in the back of their minds, major-league players are expected to avoid Venezuelan winter league this year.

Story | Conversation | September 27, 2004

Deep Throat has a Tennessee twang

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Phillip Fulmer fingered Alabama on NCAA violations. But did the Vols coach cut a deal to spare Tennessee?

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2004

Scrutiny grows over Clarett's benefactor

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

A close associate of Maurice Clarett made regular calls to a sportsbook during Ohio State's championship season, phone records show.

Story | Conversation | February 04, 2004

Iraqi Olympic Committee to be dismantled

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Amid the cries of too little, too late, the chief of the International Olympic Committee has acknowledged that Iraqi athletes were tortured.

Story | Conversation | May 07, 2003

Slow justice is no justice

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Soon, the IOC will tell the world what the world already knows about Uday Hussein. It's about time.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2003

Academic flunkies face brand new threat

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

Syracuse, Oklahoma, Memphis and many others may face penalties unless more players start graduating.

Story | Conversation | April 03, 2003

Is sports gambling with its integrity?

Tom Farrey, ESPN.com

The NBA says it's betting with house money by allowing a WNBA franchise to play at the Mohegan Sun.

Story | Conversation | February 09, 2003