In our house, March used to be a great month, the NCAA basketball championship a happy break after slogging through the worst of winter. And as alumni of a Southeastern Conference school, both of us raised in a state where University of Tennessee loyalty bordered on fanaticism, there was a special attraction: even if our […]
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The big charade
I was listening to Syracuse’s post-game press conference after Vermont shocked the Orange last Friday in the NCAAs. One player talked about how he wasn’t too disappointed because he and his teammates will now have more time to prepare for their midterms. Alright, that never happened. But they are student athletes. And they’re supposed to […]
