On the Trail of a Tiger
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Posted 12.09.2009
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Sports
Sometimes our greatest sports heroes have feet of clay. We value their athletic performances, and then we elevate them to iconic status, sometimes against their will.
Sometimes our greatest sports heroes have feet of clay. We value their athletic performances, and then we elevate them to iconic status, sometimes against their will.
NBA Commissioner David Stern suggested last week that accepting legalized gambling as a part of the NBA product was a "possibility."
No athlete should have an unnatural advantage based on the use of certain banned substances. But that leaves open many questions. What is an unnatural advantage? What substances should be banned?
