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Bernie’s Time Machine: When The Cheering Stops

College sports without the college education.

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Bernard Goldberg
Apr 23, 2026
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“Too often ‘winning’ really means winning at any cost.”

In October of 1985, I did a two-part series for the CBS Evening News called “When the Cheering Stops.” It covered college sports scandals… including that of athletes never learning the non-sports professional skills that college should have taught them. The result was a knowledge deficit that held them back in life.

Both parts are included in this week’s video.

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