Famous Sports Scandals
This 1919 event saw a group of Chicago White Sox players accused of intentionally losing the World Series in exchange for money from gamblers.
What is the Black Sox Scandal?
In sports, this ethical concept involves a respect for the rules and the integrity of the competition.
What is sportsmanship?
This class of drugs is commonly used to improve an athlete’s strength, speed, or endurance but is banned in most competitive sports.
What are performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs)?
This ethical concept in sports relates to athletes and opponents playing without unsportsmanlike conduct.
What is respect?
What punishment did Diego Maradona receive for his Illegal goal?
None
This cyclist was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.
Who is Lance Armstrong?
this term refers to intentionally manipulating an event's outcome to benefit one party or organization.
What is match-fixing?
This global organization conducts drug testing and sets the rules that classify which substances count as cheating in competitive athletics
What is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)?
What NHL player was known to lick his opponents to get under there skin
Who is Brad Marchand?
What did Sammy Sosa put in his bat to make it lighter
What is cork
This baseball team was involved in a cheating scandal in 2017, where players used electronic devices to steal signs from opponents.
What is the Houston Astros?
This unethical act in sports often occurs when athletes or coaches use dishonesty to gain an advantage, sometimes involving illegal activities.
What is cheating?
This former baseball player was famously banned for using steroids, but later admitted his use and publicly apologized
Who is Barry Bonds?
In 2014, this NBA owner was fined for violating the league's ethics policy by making derogatory remarks about an opposing player.
Who is Donald Sterling?
Why was George Brett's home run eventually count?
He gained no advantage
why do MLB pitchers use Spider tack and other sticky substances
Better grip on the ball and higher spin rate?
When an athlete,Coaches,or organizations use their status or power to unfairly change the game.
What is abuse of power?
This scandal exposed a state-run system that tampered with drug tests at the Olympics.
What is the Russian doping scandal?
Which soccer player was known for bitting is opponents on multiple occasions
Who is Luis Suarez?
What is it called when I player acts unethically and bends the rules, but does not break them
What is gamesmanship?
In 1994, this football player was banned from the NFL after testing positive for steroids and later returned with the Oakland Raiders.
Who is Shawne Merriman?
Which NFL team deflated footballs because their quarterback preferred the softer feel
Who are the New England patriots?
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is responsible for enforcing anti-doping rules in this global sporting event.
What is the Olympic Games?
This former NBA player was known for his aggressive playing style, but was often criticized for engaging in behavior that some believed crossed ethical lines.
Who is Dennis Rodman?
Why weren't any of the Astros players punished
What is Immunity