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Looking Back at the Houston Astros Cheating Scandal
As this year’s baseball season ends, reporter Ben Reiter looks back on the lingering impact of the 2017 Houston Astros cheating scandal.
October 27, 2023
The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball
The Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today. Listen to the audiocast of the FRONTLINE documentary "The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball."
October 20, 2023
Sign Stealing in Baseball Dates Back to the 19th Century. Here’s Why the Houston Astros Sign Stealing Was Different.
FRONTLINE’s new documentary “The Astros Edge” focuses on the team’s 2017 cheating scandal, but stealing signs is woven throughout baseball’s history.
October 3, 2023
Exclusive: Former Houston Astros Video Manager Details Inner Workings of 2017 Sign-Stealing Scheme
It began with an unusual request for a TV monitor below the dugouts, says Antonio Padilla, who worked for the Astros at the time. He speaks out for the first time in the FRONTLINE documentary "The Astros Edge."
October 3, 2023
New FRONTLINE Documentary Investigates Houston Astros Cheating Scandal
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, "The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball" sheds new light on one of the most explosive scandals in baseball history.
September 22, 2023
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The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball
The Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today.
October 3, 2023
As the Olympics Unfold, a Look at China’s Treatment of Uyghur Muslims
Revisit 2020’s ‘China Undercover,’ investigating China’s crackdown on Uyghurs and other Muslims, as the Beijing Olympics begin with a U.S. diplomatic boycott.
February 3, 2022
The Edge: Houston Astros (Podcast)
In this six-episode documentary podcast, best-selling "Astroball" author Ben Reiter investigates the cheating scandal that tarnished the Houston Astros’ World Series 2017 win. Through original interviews with key figures in the scandal, Reiter gets to the bottom of what happened, who’s to blame, and why the scandal enraged the sports world more than any other in recent memory.
October 7, 2020
Aaron Hernandez Found To Have Had "Severe" Case of CTE
An attorney for Aaron Hernandez, who committed suicide in April while serving a life sentence for murder, said the former New England Patriots star had one of "the most severe" cases of the brain disease CTE they had ever seen in someone his age.
September 21, 2017
DraftKings and FanDuel Put Betting On Hold In New York
DraftKings and FanDuel will stop accepting bets in New York, but an agreement announced on Monday may not mean the end of daily fantasy sports in the state.
March 21, 2016
NFL Acknowledges a Link Between Football, CTE
For the first time ever, the league has conceded that a link exists between football and the degenerative brain disease known as CTE.
March 15, 2016
A First-of-Its-Kind Fantasy Sports Law is Signed in Virginia
Virginia has become the first state in the nation to adopt a law to regulate daily fantasy sports.
March 8, 2016