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...Fall Classic. Nor does it conjure up nostalgic images of fathers and sons huddled around the TV on a cold October evening, wrapping America's favorite pastime in a warm embrace. But while the World Series receives most of baseball's post-season adoration, it's often the sport's semi-finals - the League Championship Series (LCS) - that deliver the most heart-pounding drama...
...electronic strips lying on the floor underscore the fact that fencing isn’t King Arthur’s pastime anymore. Now a highly technical sport, fencing has become increasingly popular, particularly after a stunning U.S. showing at the Summer 2008 Olympics. In Beijing, the American women’s teams performed unexpectedly well, sweeping the individual saber events...
...American fencing in Beijing also saw a silver medal in the women’s team foil event—a win that came as a complete surprise to most who follow fencing. Then again, even Harvard students unfamiliar with the sport might have been unsurprised at the win once learning that it belonged to Emily R. Cross ’08-’10, a member of the Harvard fencing team who has long proven her ability to perform under stressful conditions...
...globalization of basketball has been growing rapidly over the past decade, generating not only a greater demand for American players but also the development of better players worldwide. These effects seem to be yielding a more competitive sport overall. The men’s basketball games at the Beijing Olympics were some of the most competitive games to date; the gold medal game, for example, was not a rout by the United States but a fairly close 118-107 American win. But this is only a small benefit of the overall destructive process; the deportation of our finest hoops talent...
...larger scale, this threat to the NBA exemplifies the darker side of globalization. While the benefits to these players—and the world basketball market generally—may increase as a result of their going abroad, there are inevitable costs. As a fundamentally American sport, born in Springfield, Mass. in 1891, moving players from their fan base would destroy the game at its popular epicenter Also, the move indicates the state of today’s economy. With an exchange rate that has fluctuated around $1.50 for every Euro, these foreign organizations have the purchasing power to offer...