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McDonald's does not expect a franchise in Portland, Or, to make as much money as one in New York City or to pay their employees the same salaries. Major League baseball suffers from a peculiar blind spot in this regard.
In just 260 pages, these two New York Times sportswriters, Harvey Araton and Filip Bondy, do their best to damage the reputation of the Celtics organization and of nearly anybody who might have made the Celtics organization look good in the last 40 years. That list includes legendary franchise figure...
Auerbach is white greed personified, the evil owner forcing players to accept unfair contracts, forcing Black players to take even less, always reserving a few spots on the roster for white players instead of Blacks, perennially searching for the great white hope that will save the franchise.
And the authors shamelessly employ the volatile topic of race to pose Boston and the Celtics as inextricably linked symbols of bigotry. The Celtics are the white franchise the NBA needs in an increasingly Black league, according to Araton and Bondy, and Irish Boston is the white franchise's most...
This dependence on the U.S. has made Sheik Jaber more responsive to quiet American diplomacy pushing for democracy. Even opponents of the regime believe the Emir is sincere in proposing an election for a new parliament next October, though the most vocal advocates still cannot agree on whether to open...