When cerebral processes enter into sports you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.

As an example one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

In the States tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

That's the biggest problem with boxing in the United States. They do not promote it like they used to when it used to be Howard Cosell and they showed it on 'Wide World of Sports.' Everybody knew all the fighters. Everybody was looking forward to the year when the Olympics came on.

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972 with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

In emerging democracies like Russia in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.