Gender disparity in the NCAA? We’re shocked! Flabbergasted! Just kidding. Not shocked at all. Still, the degree of inequality that came to light during the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments was a little startling. Newsweek sports editor Scott McDonald details the situation in this March 2021 report.
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West Point and the US Air Force Academy are two elite military universities where future officers of the Army and Air Force, respectively, are trained. They compete annually in a football game that is a major event for both schools and for many people in the general public, as well. A popular pre-game custom is a battle between the two schools’ drumlines. This battle was recorded before the November 2012 game in West Point, NY.
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Major league baseball players and other high-level athletes have extraordinary abilities and powers that distinguish them from the rest of us, but there’s one thing that we all have in common: we age. What is that aging process like in such a finely tuned and highly developed being as a major league baseball player? Baseball writer and ESPN columnist Sam Miller explores that question in detail in this June 2018 report in ESPN Magazine.
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