Saturday, July 17, 2010

Scary Stuff

As the media evolves, more and more of the locally or regionally based investigative reporting comes from born digital enterprises like YahooSports' national writers. Today we get another look into the seamy side of big money sports with the details of the Pump brothers' charity activities. Hard to explain in a short post, but I'd recommend all my college friends to check it out if for no other reason than being prepared in case you get a question about this:

This is also not the first time the Harold Pump Foundation has drawn scrutiny. Tie-ins between the foundation’s charity events and the Pumps’ annual coaching retreat – attended by athletic directors and many of the top college basketball coaches in the country – have brought criticism in the past.

The whole story is here.

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