It's hard to think of a more unsportsmanlike act than 23-year-old Tonya Harding hiring a thug to attack rival Nancy Kerrigan prior to the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. But could it be that Harding's experience as a child athlete conditioned her to cheat? That's what University of Missouri-St. Louis professor David Shields set out to discover in a new study that found child athletes (fifth through eighth graders) are greatly influenced by the poor sportsmanship exhibited by their coaches and... More >>>