Casper There was a fascinating discussion recently about why professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association were able to speak freely and publicly about issues, including race and politics, while the manly men of the National Football League were constantly being cowed into silence. The reporter for the New York Times spent a …
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Basketball Needs to Hold the Line in North Carolina
New Orleans North Carolina is arguably one of the most basketball crazy states in the country. I would hate to get in an argument about whether it is first or second, but right now as one of its premier teams, the University of North Carolina, is part of the NCAA’s Final Four, they are poised …
Industrial Tourism Ghost Towns: Another Sports Hustle Revealed as Mirage
New Orleans There is no bigger industrial tourism hustle than what we witness with regularity around the hype connected to major international sporting events. The Olympics are grand quadrennial fare with plenty of “bread” for the masses and are quite moving for the athletes, as indicated by NBA and USA center, Tyson Chandler’s comment that …