Let’s not be smug about the WNBA

I suppose I could have entitled this post “Some Controversy before New Year’s,” but whatever the title, I think it’s an ethical issue that needs exploration. To push the hypertension needle ever higher, I feel the NBA, sponsors and owners could...

Why the Portland Thorns must matter to all of us

As a sports ethics keynote speaker, sports ethics consultant and co-author of Monday Morning Ethics, my heart is invested in ethical choices and consequences. As grandfather to girls, my heart is invested in their future happiness. Whether they become athletes —...

Hope Solo needs help, not judgement

Hope Solo, much like you and me, has had her share of triumphs and tragedies. At the end of March 2022, Solo was discovered to be unconscious in a parking lot. It was not so much a “medical condition,” as an alcoholic condition. When the police awakened...