When Chris Coghlan hit his first major league home run this season, the ball was caught by a fan—and in a standoff between ballpark rights and doing the right thing.... Read full article

Wimbledon is over, but there’s still a racket being made—about grunting. Are the exhalations natural or naughty?... Read full article

Michael Vick was released from federal prison recently after serving time for his role in running a dog fighting ring. His new role—campaigning to end dog fights—unleashed a torrent of public skepticism. He did the time, so should he be forgiven?... Read full article

When parents act irresponsibly, should they get a time-out? A group of soccer parents in Bethesda, Maryland was recently punished for “unsportsmanlike” conduct on the sidelines of a match.... Read full article

Isaiah Goodwin’s got game. By the time he’s a high school senior, he’s got too much game—he’s a basketball champ and a soulful musician. Will Isaiah follow the money, or follow his heart?... Read full article

It was the score heard ‘round the world: 100 – 0. When a Texas basketball collided with this American aphorism—It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game—there was an explosion of conflicting opinions about the true meaning of victory and doing the right thing.... Read full article

Is it irresponsible to allow fighting in ice hockey? That’s the guts of an icy-hot debate about the continued role of brawling in hockey, sparked by the recent death of a 21-year-old Canadian player.... Read full article

In a snow season marked by killer avalanches—13 dead in the U.S., including 10 skiers or snowboarders who were “out-of-bounds”—an icy issue has sparked a heated debate: should there be tougher legal consequences for sneaking away from groomed slopes to make fresh tracks in unpatrolled areas? And should rogue skiers and boarders have to pay for their own rescues?... Read full article

Should an employer try to control employees’ after-hours lives to make them act more responsibly? The image-conscious National Football League is cracking down on players’ off-field behavior with a new “personal conduct” policy that has NFL teams hiring former FBI agents and police officers to spy on players.... Read full article

A recent newspaper headline sounded more like a lesson in parenting: Why punish a kid for the crime of being too good? The kid, in this case, was 9-year-old Jericho Scott, who played summer baseball on a youth team in New Haven, Connecticut. Jericho’s “crime” is his pitching talent. But the prodigy pitcher himself was struck out—by adults.... Read full article