NCAA Championship

To be honest, I am not a big fan of college basketball. Frankly, I know few people who are. After all, most people’s interest seems limited to picking teams on a whim from brackets in their office pools. But following how teams are faring in the tournament brackets has become as obligatory for political/social/cultural commentators as… Read more.

Team sports have a way of instilling pride (and hope) in people like no other human endeavor.  This is why the Chinese invested so much in hosting the Olympics last year.  And it is why I wanted Michigan State to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship last night.  After all, with its “Hip Hop Mayor” (Kwame Kilpatrick)… Read more.