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Us Open Tennis: A Little Bit Of Everything Including Racism, Richard C. Crepeau Sep 2001

Us Open Tennis: A Little Bit Of Everything Including Racism, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

This was a U.S. Open Tennis championship with something for everyone. Great matches, poor matches, a reclamation of tennis from the masses, prime time for the women’s game, and a host of other goodies.


Danny Almonte: Little League Fantasy And Reality In The Age Of The True Freshman, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2001

Danny Almonte: Little League Fantasy And Reality In The Age Of The True Freshman, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It has happened. A second birth certificate has turned up and it is the one Little League Honchos are accepting as valid. Danny Almonte is fourteen. Or so it seems today.


Football Begins Its Longest Season Ever - Signs Of Opening Football Season, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2001

Football Begins Its Longest Season Ever - Signs Of Opening Football Season, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The first football game of the college season took place on Thursday night and there are a number of other games this weekend. Many colleges and universities are not yet in session and some players will play as many as four or five games before they see the inside of a college classroom. Yes, these are the student athletes of NCAA legend.


Sport: The Original Reality Tv - More Death On The Overheated Football Fields, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2001

Sport: The Original Reality Tv - More Death On The Overheated Football Fields, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The latest in the "Survivor" series is currently being filmed in Kenya, where locals are amused and confused by the notion that survival in their everyday environment has been turned into a ludicrous game show by Americans. Indeed the reality television craze seems to be hitting new levels of unreality everyday.


Puckett And Winfield Enter Hof - Heat Claims Viking Player (Heat And Football), Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2001

Puckett And Winfield Enter Hof - Heat Claims Viking Player (Heat And Football), Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

This weekend would have been a time of great celebration for Minnesota sports fans, but instead it will be bitter sweet. Two of Minnesota's favorite athletes are being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield are much admired and both are richly deserving of the honor.


Wwjs What Would Jesus Sell (For Sports), Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2001

Wwjs What Would Jesus Sell (For Sports), Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In a recent interview Deion Sanders, the guru of Jesus jocks, said that he doesn't see how he could have sports in his life without religion. "They go together like peanut butter and jelly."


Origins Of Baseball Revealed - Trying To Speed Up The Game, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 2001

Origins Of Baseball Revealed - Trying To Speed Up The Game, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The heat and humidity of late July is sending me slouching towards the Dog Days of August. The dread miasma is creeping in from the swamps and the vapors hang in the saturated night air. The tropics of Central Florida drain your energy and create hallucinatory conditions. Some days it's so bad that not a creature is stirring not even The Mouse.


Knight Commission: Another Futile Attempt To Reform College Athletics, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 2001

Knight Commission: Another Futile Attempt To Reform College Athletics, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Once again the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has issued a call for reform. As was the case with the Jeremiad Sermons of the 17th Century Puritans, the call for reform has become a ritual whose primary function is to cleanse the sinner so that they might go forth and sin again. Any real prospect of reform and change is as remote in intercollegiate athletics today as it was for the debauched sinners in the Massachusetts of the Mathers. Or as they used to say in rural America, the horse has long since left the barn.


One Of The Great Wimbledon Fortnights, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 2001

One Of The Great Wimbledon Fortnights, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

To paraphrase Joaquin Andujar, sport can be summarized in just one word, "You never know."


Baseball's All-Star Game: Some History, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 2001

Baseball's All-Star Game: Some History, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Baseball's All-Star Game is coming up Tuesday at Safeco Field in Seattle, one of the newest, and by most accounts one of the most beautiful of the new stadiums: "The House that Junior and A-Rod Built" before they left town.


Eddie Scissons Syndrome, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2001

Eddie Scissons Syndrome, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Over a decade ago Rob Sheinkopf and I examined Eddie Scissons Syndrome and its many manifestations in American society. This piece was published in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, after having been presented at a meeting of the Sport Literature Association in Florence, Oregon. A little over a week ago Rob offered an update of this peculiarity of human folly at the SLA meeting in Johnson City.


Tiger Woods Is God: Check The Website, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2001

Tiger Woods Is God: Check The Website, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Quick, tell me the name of the golfer who won the U.S. Open last week. Now which golfer didn't win? If you are like most casual golf watchers you couldn't name the winner, but you knew that Tiger Woods did not win. My guess is that you could not name either of the players who were in the Monday playoff. And furthermore, like much of the rest of America, you did not watch the final round of the tournament on Sunday, nor the Monday playoff.


Hockey Night In Orlando: The End For The Ihl, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2001

Hockey Night In Orlando: The End For The Ihl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Whenever I went off to see the Solar Bears of the International Hockey League in the O-rena, I liked to think of it as "Hockey Night in Orlando." With much fanfare and enthusiasm the Orlando Solar Bears opened play in the IHL six seasons ago. Two weeks ago they won the Turner Cup signifying the championship of the IHL. A few days later the IHL was out of business, and then two days ago the Solar Bears announced their exit from the scene.


Homosexuality And Sport, Richard C. Crepeau May 2001

Homosexuality And Sport, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It was not a big story but it did set the sports talk shows buzzing for a few days and some print was expended on it. Brendon Lemon, editor of Out magazine let it be known that he has been involved in an affair with a major league baseball player, and that he just might reveal the identity of that player. Lemon said he was tired of the strain that this secret corner of his life was taking on him and his lover.


The Chess Ban In Minneapols Sparks Protest, Richard C. Crepeau May 2001

The Chess Ban In Minneapols Sparks Protest, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

By all accounts it was a normal day at the Minneapolis Public Library. Nothing out of the ordinary seemed in the air. Then suddenly there was shouting, a shower of obscenities, and a general ruckus over in one crowded section of the main reading room. No, Governor Ventura had not arrived.


The Kentucky Derby, Richard C. Crepeau May 2001

The Kentucky Derby, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is called the greatest two minutes in sport; the run for the roses; and the first leg of the Triple Crown. It is The Kentucky Derby.


Sound Pollution, Richard C. Crepeau May 2001

Sound Pollution, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

When I returned from the O-rena and the Magic NBA Playoff game last night I had a headache. Maybe it was a bad Pepsi, maybe the pounding the Bucks put on the Magic, or maybe it was the decibel levels of noise that once again assaulted my very being. I'm not talking about the screaming of the fans, but about the loud thumping music, the pounding of the bass, and the inane booming "voice of banality" that is the arena announcer.


Nba And Nhl Playoffs - Return Of Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 2001

Nba And Nhl Playoffs - Return Of Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

For the fan of professional sport it is a wonderful time of year with a cornucopia of marvelous events on the airwaves. The NHL playoffs are underway, the NBA playoffs are off and running, and the eternal hope of spring has been let loose with the opening month of baseball season. Even the Cubs are pennant contenders. It's all a reminder that for everything else blotting the landscape of sport, the game is still the thing.


Sports Drafts: The New N On-Events - Xfl Championship - Mark Cuban And Others, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 2001

Sports Drafts: The New N On-Events - Xfl Championship - Mark Cuban And Others, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Hasim Rahman is the new heavyweight champion of the boxing world, or at least that part of the boxing world governed by the IBF and WBC, whoever or whatever they may be. The only relevant questions here are: what does this mean for Don King? Who is Hasim Rahman? And where is Mike Tyson?


Freedom Of The Press And Sports: Not Always, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 2001

Freedom Of The Press And Sports: Not Always, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In two cases in the last few weeks the power of sport to move politicians has been on display. In the process the notion that sport is a promoter of democracy and a teacher of civic involvement and responsibility has been dealt a severe blow.


The Eight Signs Of March Madness, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 2001

The Eight Signs Of March Madness, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is March Madness in America. How can we tell? Consider these eight signs of madness.


The Death Of Dale Earnhardt, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 2001

The Death Of Dale Earnhardt, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It was Tuesday of last week when a colleague stopped me to say that he was distressed that he couldn't find any Earnhardt coverage in the media here in Orlando. Preoccupied with other matters I was a bit slow on the uptake, but then realized that he was joking.


Does Orlando Really Need A New Basketball Facility?, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 2001

Does Orlando Really Need A New Basketball Facility?, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In the History of Orlando in the period AD(After Disney) there have been two public projects that have been done exceptionally well. The first is the Crown Jewel of the region, Orlando International Airport. The second is the OArena, which now carries the corporate name, TGIF Waterbug Centre, or some such thing.


The Xfl: More X Than Fl, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 2001

The Xfl: More X Than Fl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In a world in which the Disney Corporation makes a calculated decision not to honor Super Bowl MVP Ray Lewis with a trip to Disney World only to have Mark Chumura announce that he is going to Disney World to celebrate his escape of prison time for his hot tub romp with high school girls on prom night, one is left to ponder what the XFL will need to do to reach a public satiated with sleaze.


X-Ing Out The Xfl, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 2001

X-Ing Out The Xfl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In a world in which the Disney Corporation makes a calculated decision not to honor Super Bowl MVP Ray Lewis with a trip to Disney World only to have Mark Chumura announce that he is going to Disney World to celebrate his escape of prison time for his hot tub romp with high school girls on prom night, one is left to ponder what the XFL will need to do to reach a public satiated with sleaze.


Mario Lemieux, Jennifer Capriati, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 2001

Mario Lemieux, Jennifer Capriati, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The comeback of Mario Lemieux with the Pittsburgh Penguins has converged very nicely with that of Jennifer Capriati. In the past week Capriati completed her long climb back to the top of women's tennis, and in the middle of his latest comeback Lemieux was voted NHL player of the month for January.


Not Exactly Super In Several Ways, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2001

Not Exactly Super In Several Ways, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In more ways than one could ever have hoped for, this was a Super Bowl to remember and one the NFL might like to forget


Al Mcguire, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2001

Al Mcguire, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In a profession filled with memorable characters there is none I will remember better and with more affection than Al McGuire who died today at age 72 after an extended battle with anemia.


In Memoriam: Al Mcguire, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2001

In Memoriam: Al Mcguire, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In a profession filled with memorable characters there is none I will remember better and with more affection than Al McGuire who died today at age 72 after an extended battle with anemia.


Super Bowl Xxxv And Its Excesses, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2001

Super Bowl Xxxv And Its Excesses, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Is there anyone alive in the United States today who does not know that the Super Bowl is coming up on Sunday? It is Super Bowl XXXV, thirty-five in real numbers, and will be played in Tampa. One can only wonder if we will see the designation "Super Bowl L" or "Super Bowl C" or if they will be considered too timid in Logo Land. But I digress.