New Orleans In the United States, from place to place, Thanksgiving comes with its own set of traditions enhanced by families and friends. One of my first Thanksgivings away from home while on my brief on and off collegiate tour, the details are now lost in the fog of memory, but somehow I ended …
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Sponsor Boycott and Coach Firings: Locker Room Culture Has to Change from the Top Down
New Orleans I always ran track, but in my small New Orleans high school there was no locker room culture there, because mainly you ran alone, putting on your spikes or sneakers to run on the Mississippi River levee or try to glide over the hurdles in the teeny backyard of the school. Playing football in …
More Evidence on Why Athletes – and the Rest of us — Need Unions
Little Rock Being off-the-grid for a while, it’s surprising how little you miss reading the sports page in July. I once had a friend who took a vow to not read the sports pages simply to open up more time in his life. I can’t do that because some of the best and most honest …