In sports, as in life, it often does pay to break the rules. In baseball, the Houston *stros improperly used electronics to steal signs, won the World Series, and received little more than a gentle pat on the wrist. In football, Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots’ former coach, spied on opponents and deflated footballs on his way to multiple Super Bowl victories, paying small fines but retaining his trophies and tens of millions of dollars in salary. A parade of athletes, from Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds to Manny Ramirez and Maria Sharapova, used banned substances for enormous personal profit, while depriving their rivals of the chance to compete fairly on the merits.
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