sports

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A Game-Day ‘Program’ for the NFL Lockout

February 19, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

To have any shot at comprehending the unfolding pro football lockout story, we need to first understand the mindset — and the mega millions — of our contemporary sports world’s ever-grasping owners. A review of Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love by Dave Zirin.

A-Rod and Inequality: A Lesson Worth Learning

February 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Huge rewards for ‘talented’ people are supposed to leave all our lives much better than before. But they don’t — not in sports or any of the rest of life either.

Thoroughbreds and the Rich: A Deadly Embrace

May 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Concentrated wealth is killing the horse-racing industry — and horses, too. We explore the inequality lurking behind the tragic fate of the 2008 Kentucky Derby runner-up.

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