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There were better weeks than last for canceling a sport. Couldn't strikes be timed to follow a good drug bust, or any of the disgraces that once were rare intrusions in the sports pages but now are staples? Russell Baker has noticed that sportswriters hardly ever gush anymore, but the problem has to do with all the grim details in the piece. The cranky voices of lawyers and agents are growing as familiar as Vin Scully's. They argue over dreary words. This time arbitration, last time compensation. When do they get to calcification...
...good reason to gush. The Queen, 78, has probably averted a crisis of succession. Church leaders were not thrilled with the possibility that Charles might ascend to the throne and assume the title Defender of the Faith while living in sin with his lady. Now Charles gets to rule Britain with the frumpy consort of his dreams...
These new football palaces have made the games a much more pleasant customer experience. And they gush money. The Patriots' Gillette Stadium opened in 2002 at a cost of $350 million. None of it was publicly financed, and about half was initially financed by the NFL. The new stadium has 87 luxury suites, which sell for $100,000 to $300,000 annually; its 6,000 clubhouse seats go for $5,000 each. Throw in the stadium signage and naming rights, and the Patriots go from 28th in the league in stadium revenues to near the top. The Green Bay Packers...
...There's no way of telling if the girls and their families are speaking their minds freely when they gush about their beloved leader and vilify the U.S. And it goes without saying that their privileged lives bear little resemblance to those of the country's ordinary workers and farmers. But the film is remarkable because it offers a rare look at North Korean daily lives?and because its very existence seems to contradict the regime's policy of nearly total isolation. A State of Mind offers scenes of indoctrination in action as a "revolutionary-history" teacher exhorts junior high...
...lack of athletic support from the College is scandalous. The administration loves to gush over the concept of 41 varsity teams. But where is the follow up? Our high academic standards do not prevent the Athletic Department from organizing events that allow students to get to know winning teams. Michigan and Duke, two prestigious schools, have somehow figured out a way to get their intelligent students excited about sports. But promotion is an afterthought at Harvard...