[TS] Sports of The Times: Racial Gains on the Sidelines, a Message for the Polls
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Did two black men coaching in the Super Bowl push the day closer when Americans will seek leadership from a black, right up to a vote for president?
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Statistics in sport often tell only half  the story.
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Perhaps the biggest fallacy in sports is the hoary notion -- repeated time and again by athletes and coaches -- that they don&#39;t read the newspapers or watch TV.
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By Chrissy Vick, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep.
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Media & professional: The latest race row may be another embarrassment just as the broadcaster needs to show its strengths.
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I like politics. I follow it the way some people follow sports. The Democrat Party     and Republican Party are major league teams. They battle each other in national, state and     local contests. They have mascots, both created by the same person.     They have fanatical supporters just like any sport. Like minor league teams, there are also minor political parties to watch that sometimes play spoiler and sometimes     gain enough strength to influence the major parties. Some operate only locally, some statewide, and some try to operate     nationally.    I also enjoy following individual personalities. People love and hate them like they love and hate sports teams and athletes.     I'm sometimes startled by the degree of blind adoration or blind rage that politicians can inspire in otherwise calm,     rational people.    Lately, I've noticed that there's a growing tendency to divide the United States into red states and blue states. People seem     to think that it's possible for an entire state to be Democrat or Republican. How can that be if it's difficult to even     categorize individual Americans into definite camps? Now, although once restricted to politics, the idea is spreading to     other arenas. I saw a suggestion that Hollywood start targetting states as red or blue audiences. I've seen statistics that     compare red states versus blue states on categories such as religion, income, and even gifts to charity.    The division of the United States into red and blue states is overly simplistic and misleading.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally
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This week&#39;s bandwagon-crisis quota was reached when Monday Night Football crossed the linen of scrimmage. Now in its 35th season, MNF also dragged us past the neutral zone and into the partisan box.
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Not like the pointless rankings calculation changes that have taken place the last couple years. The system thatâs been used to select the four major bowl match-ups since 1998 has been criticized in the past.
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The Broncos are an example of how good things can be when the running game is working. Their opponent tonight, the Bengals, are an example of the flip side.
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As we head down the stretch of the season, the significance of each game will be amplified. While it is difficult to envision any team looking past an opponent at this juncture of the season
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Ever since we got into the thick of the presidential race, reporters, anchors, pundits, columnists and writers have spent a considerable amount of time on the fact that nearly 50 percent of the people who will vote in the South Carolina primary are black.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans nationally
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THE RACE: Support for Republican, Democratic candidates in the presidential races in New Hampshire
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Auburn&#39;s domination of Georgia on the heels of two narrow escapes by Oklahoma (vs. Oklahoma State and Texas A&amp;M) has apparently prompted a significant number of voters to change their minds about which team should be ranked No.
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This is not original reporting. All facts have been gathered from ESPN, the Associated Press, Fox Sports Net, The Indianapolis Star, and The Washington Post.
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Tuscaloosa, AL (U-WIRE) -- There&#39;s good and bad news for Tide fans coming into this year&#39;s Iron Bowl. The good news is that during the past three years, whenever the Auburn Tigers have defeated the Georgia