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Op-Ed Contributor - Bring Back Basketball's Little Big Men - NYTimes.com "[I]f the N.C.A.A. truly cared about improving colleges instead of settling for the extra year before eligibility that Stern is talking about, it should use its considerable influence to demand that both the N.B.A. and N.F.L…
To Beat Back Poverty, Pay the Poor - NYTimes.com "Today, however, Brazil's level of economic inequality is dropping at a faster rate than that of almost any other country.  Between 2003 and 2009, the income of poor Brazilians has grown seven times as much as the income of rich Brazilians. …
Between the sleep deprivation caused by being home alone with the baby, and the new Jim Butcher book, I realized that I almost forgot to mention North Carolina's defeat of Michigan State for the NCAA basketball championship. I'm glad to see it for two reasons: their victory let me win two of the…
For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help - NYTimes.com "Since the mid-1960s, college menâs players have made about 69 percent of free throws, the unguarded 15-foot, 1-point shot awarded after a foul. In 1965, the rate was 69 percent. This season, as teams scramble for bids to the N.C.A.A…

I'd like to see a response article talking about the colossal inherent white privilege (esp wrt the milieu of college hoops) encoded into the whole damn article.

By Counterfly (not verified) on 07 Apr 2009 #permalink

If he isn't drafted by the Boston Celtics, there will be disturbance in the Force.

By Bob Hawkins (not verified) on 08 Apr 2009 #permalink