Category Archives: Sports

This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this book: * We like our signal-callers handsome. The quarterback may not have existed before Camp and his contemporaries descended upon the Massasoit House 135 years ago, but his brainchild has since evolved into the … Continue reading →

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VOX: The NFL is 67% black. Diversity hasn’t helped white players and coaches understand racism.

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Luke Ford

Left-wing Jew David Leonard writes: Proximity to African Americans doesn’t guarantee understanding, empathy, or even respectful deference — even in a space like the NFL, where white athletes are outnumbered by black ones. This conversation has been a reminder that … Continue reading →

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White Men Can’t Jump, Black Men Can’t Shot-Put

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Luke Ford

F. Roger Devlin writes: Race and Sport: Evolution and Racial Differences in Sporting Ability Edward Dutton and Richard Lynn London: Ulster Institute for Social Research, 2015 The Ulster Institute’s latest study in human differences will come as a pleasant surprise … Continue reading →

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NYT: The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Luke Ford

Steve Sailer writes: Anyone with any self-awareness should grasp that women’s sports are based on a Plessy v. Ferguson type “separate but equal” system because women can’t compete with men at the highest levels except in a few anomalous sports … Continue reading →

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Steve Sailer: ‘Why does the reporter assume that there’s something tragic about young Keith Frazier not getting much of an education?’

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Luke Ford

Comments to Steve Sailer: * Because liberals view higher education institutions as socializing/indoctrination centers that churn out people with the correct beliefs and people who are properly socialized and who won’t turn to anti-social activities like crime. * The real … Continue reading →

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