Fans have been cheated for more than a century -- and it still hurts. Cheated & Mistreated
Cue up Bananarama: It's been a cruel summer for sports fans. So how do you feel after getting blasted by the Cheat Wave of '07? Wayne Drehs finds SportsNation is hot at almost everyone. Story
Drehs: Dark day for college sports
University of Northern Colorado senior punter Rafael Mendoza can begin to move on with his life after a jury found Mitch Cozad guilty of second-degree assault on Thursday.
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Jackson: Gambling addiction
Tim Donaghy isn't the first sports figure with a gambling problem … and he won't be the last, writes Page 2's Scoop Jackson.
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Caple: Tour de Farce
Jim Caple loves the Tour de France, but even he is saddened by the scandals in this year's race.
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Hill: Sports hypocrisy
Chuckle if you must at cycling's drug problem, but don't turn a blind eye to the same issue in American sports, writes Page 2's Jemele Hill.
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| AT THE FAIR |
 Beyond the corn dogs and butter sculptures are tales of animal doping, swine switching and fake cow fur. It's the dark underbelly of cheaters at the fair.
Elizabeth Merrill
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| IN THE OWNER'S SUITE |
 One-upmanship has always extended beyond the playing field, especially when executives like Dan Snyder, Carmen Policy and the late Bill Veeck (right) have been able to work the rules. John Helyar
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| IN BOXING |
 He threw a fight for the right to try for a title. Sixty years later, Jake LaMotta, the Raging Bull, looks back on that fateful decision. Wright Thompson
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| IN TENNIS |
 Cheating is hard to pull off in tennis. However, whether it's coaching from the stands or bathroom breaks, players can, and do, get away with various forms of gamesmanship. Greg Garber
• Inside ATP Gambling Scandal 
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| FROM PAGE 2 |
 In an excerpt from "Cheater's Guide to Baseball," Derek Zumsteg recounts Billy Martin's unpredictable managerial career. Excerpt
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| Dale Murphy chat wrap
In polls, chats, and conversation pages, you have told us what you think and how you feel about cheating in sports.
Cheating in baseball is simply a reflection of the nature of the game. 
If a player isn't looking to gain an advantage, he's courting heartache. 
Spying, stealing signals, cheap shots in pileups -- college football cheating anecdotes. 
Are NASCAR crew chiefs looking for that extra edge outside the rulebook? 
Scouts Inc.'s David Thorpe explains how a player can flop with great effect. 
In the past, if a player wanted to "cheat," he clutched and grabbed. Now, a committee is keeping players, and the game, in check. 
Pro golfers live by an honor code that requires calling penalties on themselves, limiting the amount of "cheating" at the highest levels.