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Category Archives: Sports
A Fan’s Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat by Paul Campos
William Davis writes in the May 18, 2023 LROB: * Adam Smith’s famous metaphor of an ‘invisible hand’ guiding markets was one of the Enlightenment’s many appeals to a fictional outsider, supposed to be a barometer of value. Since then, … Continue reading
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The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio (9-6-21)
Bud: “Luke, because your intro to Carl Schmitt, I no longer believe in Democracy, Human Rights or the Constitution. You should be kvelling with pride!” Perhaps a thru-line to some of what I do is to create a little more … Continue reading
Author Jon Entine Of The Genetic Literacy Project
Jon published these books: * Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It, 2000 * Pension Fund Politics: The Dangers of Socially Responsible Investing, 2005 * Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health, … Continue reading
This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
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.
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
NYT: The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes
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?’
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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Al Jazeera Investigates – The Dark Side Of Sports Doping
I expect that most pro athletes are cheating with their supplements. Where are the incentives? The incentives are massively in the direction of cheating. The chances of getting caught are low. People react to incentives. If the incentives are strong … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Obama Is a Genetic Determinist When It Comes to Sports Talent
From Steve Sailer: On GoTrackTownUSA, 3 time All-American female distance runner Alexi Pappas writes: ALEXI PAPPAS: WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID By Alexi Pappas / TrackTown USA EUGENE, Ore. – My family stood together in the small waiting room just outside … Continue reading
Why Women’s Sports Get Less Primetime Coverage
From Chateau Heartiste: Really, the only reason men choose to watch women’s sports at all is for prurient reasons, such as the exciting but rare glimpse of a wardrobe malfunction, or the slo-mo replay of pertly bottomed volleyball players diving … Continue reading
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