WWE is, if not the key, a large key to the Donald Trump phenomenon we’re experiencing today. What they started doing in the ‘80s ... when he got involved in wrestling, is this blurring of the line between the characters they’re playing—'I’m pretending to be angry at you, Hulk Hogan!'—and bringing that outside the ring and making it kind of real. | | | | | MLB's 2012 All-Star ballot featured neither Obama nor Romney. (Charlie) | | | | |  | “WWE is, if not the key, a large key to the Donald Trump phenomenon we’re experiencing today. What they started doing in the ‘80s ... when he got involved in wrestling, is this blurring of the line between the characters they’re playing—'I’m pretending to be angry at you, Hulk Hogan!'—and bringing that outside the ring and making it kind of real.”
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| | rantnrave:// A tale of two universities. HARVARD discovered last month that players on its men's soccer team have been compiling sexually explicit scouting reports on the school's women's soccer players for years. BAYLOR regents told the WALL STREET JOURNAL last week that the sexual assault scandal that cost the school's president and football coach their jobs involved, among other crimes, four gang rapes allegedly committed by football players. These are ugly allegations that have stained both teams and both schools, but they are not, to cite a current political buzz phrase, morally equivalent. Not even close. So guess which school canceled its team's season. Hint: Not Baylor. And guess which school let its football team take the field on Saturday wearing special black uniforms that, at the very least, had the appearance of supporting ex-coach ART BRILES—who, in case you need a reminder, knew about one of the alleged gang rapes and didn't do anything about it, according to university regents. Baylor players gave conflicting reasons for why they wore black while getting crushed (hello, karma) by TCU, but the fact that their coaches and school let them go out in public dressed like at a time like this suggests the school really doesn't get the severity of these crimes. Canceling the rest of the football season would be a good way to give Baylor and its football players some time to start thinking about that... The US election is 24 hours away and DONALD TRUMP's supporters are using their money to buy TV time warning that HILLARY CLINTON "wants to mess up your football, too. Hillary wants to change the name of the REDSKINS." There are 24 hours to go and those are the issues his super PACs want to talk about... Here's more—much more—on the "Wide World of Donald Trump and Sports"... The 10th-highest scorer in NBA history was with Hillary on Sunday... If you're AMERICAN, please vote on Tuesday. No matter where you stand, or who you stand with, "Voting Matters." You can read REDEF founder JASON HIRSCHHORN's case for Clinton, and against Trump, here... RIP MAREK SVATOS. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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