Recommended reading: Michael Weinreb’s ESPN piece on a team and a protest I’d never heard of — Claire Bee’s Long Island University basketball team that boycotted the 1936 U.S. Olympic Trials because that year’s Games were to be held in Hitler’s Germany.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=weinreb/090414
More recommended reading: Mike Bianchi’s column in the Orlando Sentinel pointing out the hypocrisy of professional sports, which looks askance at marijuana use while making tons of money of the sale of alcohol.
Writes Bianchi: “I love a beer or two when tailgating with friends or watching the Magic play in a sports bar. Most fans do, in fact, drink responsibly and believe a couple of beers positively enhance their sporting experience. But you’re blind if you can’t see that alcohol abuse is a much more serious problem in sports than is pot smoking.”
Bianchi isn’t advocating legalizing marijuana, and neither am I. But pointing out hypocrisy is always fair game.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-sportsbianchicol15041509apr15,0,3194200.column
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