In Newark, Steve Politi writes Rutgers' recent player abuse scandal mirrored the scandal that hit Baylor in '03 surrounding slain basketball player Patrick Dennehy because both cases included "devastation and embarrassment for an entire university and its fan base." Baylor AD Ian McCaw said, "I can see some parallels in the Rutgers situation with where Baylor was 10 years ago, and that should be encouraging for Rutgers. You can recover and you can recover quickly" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 5/5).
In Boston, Keith O'Brien notes Univ. of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business economist Cade Massey and Univ. of Chicago Booth School of Business economist Richard Thaler have "spent years analyzing the NFL Draft and the decisions teams make." They do so while "asking one direct question: Are first-round picks really worth it?" (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/5).
In Baltimore, Jeff Barker writes the Orioles and Nationals have been "like roommates sharing a space that one had long occupied" since the Expos relocated to DC in '05. The Nationals' arrival "created a complicated relationship in which the teams are at once neighbors, opponents on the field and, lately, bickering business partners when it comes to the regional television network they co-own but the Orioles control" (Baltimore SUN, 5/5).
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