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...Congress tried to promote "intermodal" transportation to reduce dependence on automobiles; now transportation policy is completely divorced from transportation reality. If we're going to play I-told-you-so games, here's what I wrote last April in The Washington Post: "Traffic was awful and getting worse, idling sport-utility vehicles were contributing to global warming, mass-transit systems were crumbling, and nearly one-third of the nation's urban bridges were rated structurally deficient or obsolete. But the debate over the transportation bill avoided those pressing issues. It was all about who got what, and how much...
...Percentage of French citizens who say they are "very interested" in the Tour de France. Its popularity has plummeted following widespread doping scandals, including the removal of Tour leader Michael Rasmussen from this year's race over missed drug tests 71% Percentage of French citizens who think the sport's reputation has been irreparably damaged by the scandals...
...initiative, which began at the beginning of the 2006-2007 academic year and calls on the Varsity Club to improve funding opportunities in addition to its overall support of club sports, has gone unnoticed by many club sport coaches and players, prompting the Varsity Club to more openly and publicly extend its helping hand come the fall...
Midsummer is supposed to be a quiet time in sports--the lazy hammock suspended between the end of basketball and the start of football. In baseball the pennant races are still at a gentle trot, supporting the fans' antique dream of sport as a refuge from front-page reality...
Where is that trust? Who can restore a fan's faith in the glory of sport? Why, the Iraqi national soccer team. Stocked with Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds, the Iraqis defeated Vietnam and then South Korea to advance to the finals of the Asian Cup. Iraqis crowded Baghdad streets after the semifinal win, firing celebratory gunshots (which killed one person) and being targeted by car bombs (which killed at least 50). It was, at least, a moment of passion for sport, a feeling that the corporate commissioners in the U.S. will be hard-pressed to safeguard...