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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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OTL: Grambling Tragedy

Outside The Lines reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada profiles the controversial death of Grambling State basketball player Henry White following a discipline run

Video | November 29, 2009

Sidney waits as NCAA continues to investigate

Andy Katz

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Sunday, Outside the Lines aired a segment on the Renardo Sidney situation...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Team preview: St. John's

Blue Ribbon Yearbook

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Need a coach? Get to know these guys

Seth Wickersham, ESPN The Magazine

Beyond the ivy-covered walls of major American colleges sit powerful men who often know long before anyone else does when the team's coach will be fired (or a new one will be hired). Chances are they had something to do with it.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

For Thomas, home is where the hoop is

Chris Broussard, ESPN The Magazine

This story appears in the September 7 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Rob Thomas shouldn't be here. He shouldn't be running full-court -- foiling one...

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 26, 2009

Alleged Toledo fixers played both sides

Mike Fish, ESPN.com

Were the men behind this week's Toledo sports bribery indictments sophisticated gamblers or bumbling losers? Opinion is divided among some familiar with the case.

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2009

Ten freshmen I'm looking forward to seeing

Doug Gottlieb

...who causes enough of a stir to have Outside The Lines focus on him, hires a lawyer, causes the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009

Things sure have changed on the summer circuit

Fran Fraschilla

...a culture that was portrayed well in an Outside the Lines feature that ran Sunday. For many top-notch...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Livengood asked Floyd the tough question

Andy Katz

...Guillory. Johnson said he saw Guillory meet Floyd outside a café while he drove around the...a year ago on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and detailed a case against Guillory and the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009

Report: Floyd paid cash for Mayo

ESPN.com news services

A former confidante of O.J. Mayo reportedly said that USC coach Tim Floyd gave money to another man as reward for the player choosing the Trojans.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2009

A few answers for Sonny Vaccaro

Jay Bilas, ESPN.com

It's not a matter of whether Jeremy Tyler has the right to drop out of high school. It's a matter of whether it's the right thing to do. By taking on many of the assertions made by advisor Sonny Vaccaro, Jay Bilas draws his own conclusion.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 06, 2009

OTL: Leaving School Early

Sonny Vaccaro, Dr. Todd Boyd, and Marcos Breton debate Jeremy Taylor's decision to leave high school and play in Europe

Video | May 03, 2009

Commish: Sun Belt teams have to take chances

Andy Katz

...his knowledge of the game within the four lines, but admitted that he has to get up to speed outside the lines rather quickly. Waters said he has...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009

Today's Top 10 Video Highlights

Michael Cupo, ESPN.com

ESPN.com ranks the Top 10 video highlights for April 9th, 2009

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2009

Today's Top 10 Video Highlights

Michael Cupo, ESPN.com

ESPN.com ranks the Top 10 video highlights for March 23rd, 2009

Story | Conversation | March 23, 2009