[za_claws]

"...against a bunch of white athletes (a vanishing species, eh)
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actually white athletes are more prominent today, than in the last 20 years, even in basketball, the MVP for the NBA for the last 2 years has been white as well as this years for the NCAA and the runner-up as well.

[muawiyah]

Gad ! Seems that I have once again successfully HIJACKED A THREAD.

Didn't mean to.

Anyway, thanks for the notes. I'll watch for them during the next NCAA basketball tournament. No doubt somebody will show up.

[crabapple joe]

actually white athletes are more prominent today, than in the last 20 years, even in basketball, the MVP for the NBA for the last 2 years has been white as well as this years for the NCAA and the runner-up as well.

And let's not forget the number one pick in the NBA draft (Bogut); the Sixth Man Award in the NBA (Miller); NFL Defensive Player of the year for 2005 (Uhrlacker); the Biletnikoff award winner in the NCAA (Mike Hass who no pro team bothered to pick until the seventh round although he led the nation in receiving while playing in the same conference as Reggie Bush!); the Butkus Award winner for best defensive player in the NCAA (Posluszny).....but who's counting.