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SocietyFebruary 2, 2012
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SportsJuly 27, 2011
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EconomyMay 10, 2011
The NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season
The upcoming pro football season is in danger of being canceled because of a little dust-up between millionaires and billionaires.
Robert Lipsyte
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SocietyJanuary 31, 2011
You Must Watch the Empire Bowl
By this year's Super Bowl, if you are still passionately following football or, worse, allowing your kid to play, you may just be an old-fashioned imperialist running dog.
Robert Lipsyte
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PoliticsOctober 19, 2010
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SportsFebruary 5, 2010
The Commercials Are the Super Bowl
The thirty-second spots for chips, beer, babes and flatulent slackers star in the big game.
Robert Lipsyte
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SocietyMarch 24, 2008
Who’s Got Game?
A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?
Robert Lipsyte
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SportsMarch 3, 2008
Lame Duck Pitcher
Roger Clemens has done his damage, to himself and to baseball--and we will see him go down.
Robert Lipsyte
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SportsOctober 9, 2007
Season of Scandals
Sportswriters hyperventilate over scandals big and small. But when a football hero and Bush critic is shot three times at close range in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, why does no one bat an eye?
Robert Lipsyte
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Foreign PolicyMay 22, 2007
The Home-Run Wars
Babe Ruth's big bang changed baseball forever, giving America a thrilling symbol of power and an itch for the quick fix at the ballpark and in the world. Why can't we just ban the bomb?
Robert Lipsyte