Washington and Lee University
Jeffrey Toobin, senior analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, presented the Fred Fox Benton Jr. Memorial Lecture as part of Washington and Lee University's eighth annual Institute for Honor on Friday, Jan. 23, in Lee Chapel. The program this year was "Sports in America: Playing Fair."
Toobin, who was sports editor of the Harvard Crimson as an undergraduate, discussed the role of sports in American popular culture and talked about the impact that the use of performance enhancing drugs has had on both professional and amateur athletics.
Known for his expertise on politics, media and the law, Toobin is the author of The New York Times bestsellers "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" and "Too Close to Call: The 36-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election."
After a six-year tenure with ABC News, Toobin joined CNN as a legal analyst for the CNN News Group, later becoming senior analyst. As staff writer for The New Yorker, Toobin has covered former Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
