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Sports Cheating Steps into the Digital Age
Stealing hand signals, doctoring balls and other forms of cheating are part of Major League Baseball tradition. They're usually punished with suspensions and fines. Now it's reported that employees of the St. Louis Cardinals hacked into a network run by the Houston Astros -- and that could mean prison time under federal law.
By Warren Olney • • 10m ListenStealing hand signals, doctoring balls and other forms of cheating are part of Major League Baseball tradition. They're usually punished with suspensions and fines. Now it's reported that employees of the St. Louis Cardinals hacked into a network run by the Houston Astros -- and that could mean prison time under federal law. Stephen Mosher is a professor of Sports Management and Media at Ithaca College in upstate New York.
