Outside the Beltway

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

Faux amateurism is dead. What replaces it remains to be seen.

The NLRB has sided with Dartmouth players on unionization.

One man’s retirement has upended the college football landscape.

Three legendary football coaches are out in the span of a day.

The greatest coach in college football history is hanging it up.

The four-team Playoff will go out making a lot of folks mad.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

The rapidly changing face of college sports.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

A one-of-a-kind coach is gone far too soon.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

One League went according to chalk. The other, very much not.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

There are too many products chasing too few consumers.

Vice President Harris gets better care than the average American. Cue the outrage!

A historic achievement for the first-year starter.

An epic but improbable win.

The city’s second major championship was among the most improbable.

Disappointment turns to tragedy.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

The inevitable is now very much in progress.

The Crimson Tide’s best season is one that shouldn’t have been played.

Steve Sarkisian joins a frustrating trend.

The best two teams in college football play for it all amid some controversy.

Who ya got?

A mind-boggling statistic.

Comparing the White House’s approach to that of sports leagues on testing.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

COVID has given us a surreal calendar.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

Tommy Tuberville is likely the next Senator from the state of Alabama.

Another small step toward canceling the fall sports calendar.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

It is foolish to think that we ever escape politics.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.

The first Democratic debate drew record numbers on both nights.

Two youngish Rhodes Scholars turned mayors are getting covered differently.

Nine years after retiring as Head Coach at Florida, Urban Meyer announced earlier this week that he would retire from his current position at Ohio State after the Rose Bowl.