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To be honest, I am not a big fan of college basketball. Frankly, I know few people who are. After all, most people’s interest seems limited to picking teams on a whim from brackets in their office pools. But following how teams are faring in the tournament brackets has become as obligatory for political/social/cultural commentators as… Read more.
One can be forgiven for thinking that North Carolina winning the NCAA (men’s) championship on Monday is the biggest story in basketball this year. After all, even President Obama took time out of his busy schedule to have ESPN broadcast him filling out his NCAA tournament brackets. He completed them by picking North Carolina to win.… Read more.
Team sports have a way of instilling pride (and hope) in people like no other human endeavor. This is why the Chinese invested so much in hosting the Olympics last year. And it is why I wanted Michigan State to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship last night. After all, with its “Hip Hop Mayor” (Kwame Kilpatrick)… Read more.
