On AlterNet: basketball

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "basketball"

Does America Hate Duke Basketball Because We Hate Privilege?

David Sirota, AlterNet. April 4, 2010.

Our penchant for hating on the Blue Devils reflects America's larger, more complex relationship with privilege.

New All-White Basketball League: Not Racist at All!

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 21, 2010.

They just want to play the game the way it was intended: slow and boring.

Are Obama's All-Guy Basketball Games Really a Big Deal?

Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 30, 2009.

When the president held an office basketball game and invited only male employees to play, it sparked anger, simply because it looked so familiar.

Exhausted of Ideas, Desperate GOP Bloggers Go After Obama's Game

Roy Edroso, Alicublog AlterNet: Video. July 25, 2008.

How do you spell "grasping at straws?"

James Dobson Killed "God"

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 11, 2007.

Russ Wellen: Focus on the Family's James Dobson played a significant role in the death of an NBA legend back in 1988.

Basketball and the Art of Presidential Politics

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 6, 2007.

Bernie Heidkamp: Basketball is simultaneously the sport of posturing and the sport of intimacy. Which is why it fits many politicians like a glove.

Merry Xmas: NBA Likely to Return December 25, With Re-Formed Union

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, December 31, 1969.