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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

I Used to Wonder Why Sports Victories Caused Riots

I mean losing I understand but when the city's team (or college's team) is victorious?  This sad headline following a black man's victory in a prizefight with a white guy is just mindnumbingly disturbing.


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  1. Hey, there was a 1910 film about that fight.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Johnson%E2%80%93Jeffries_Fight

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  2. Wasn't there a riot in Los Angeles ten or fifteen years ago when the Dodgers or the Lakers won the Championship? I recall a police car or two being overturned and burned.

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  3. I have a book titled At Good Old Siwash: a collection of short stories about college hijinks circa 1900. Hijinks like overturning a streetcar on the way back from a victory by the debate team.

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  4. Chicago hasn't gotten better, neither have the folks.

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