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Effect of Right Wing Policy in US Sports Part III: The Pacers Too White?
Posted: 7th April 2010 by Farooq Ahmed in NBA
The NBA is a basketball league watched all over the world, and some of its marquee players are of African or ethnic background. So is it surprising that the NBA is over 90 percent black/minority? Probably not.
Is it slightly surprising that the Indiana Pacers current roster is over 50 percent white? Some would say so. Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star in an article suggested that the Pacers franchise was ...
The Effect of Right Wing Policy in U.S. Sports Part II: Limbaugh vs the NFL
Posted: 17th March 2010 by Farooq Ahmed in NFL
Rush Limbaugh is an American right wing radio talk show host. Limbaugh, who has emerged as a leader of the conservative opposition to Obama and the Democrats, said that he had joined a group of investors seeking an ownership stake in the St Louis Rams of the National Football League. There, however ,was an adverse reaction to this from various numbers people involved within the NFL and also outside of ...