Is the Western Conference Finals all but over? Is the Eastern Conference Finals, in essence, a final round tune-up for the prohibitive favorite? Both semifinals series put the respective conference’s top two teams in head-to- head match-ups — Golden State (1) vs. San Antonio (2) in the West – the Warriors leads 2-0; and Boston […]
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Boston racism belies claims of a post-racial America
What happened last week in Boston sadly shows that no matter how far baseball seems to have progressed since Jackie Robinson’s major league debut in 1947, it still resembles America’s non-post-racial ways. 2017 racism is virtually no different from 1947 racism. Robinson in ’47 was called the N-word and oft-taunted, simply because of his skin […]