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David meadows wrote:
"In both, however, when the directors paused to compare ancient
bloodlust
with modern, I was plenty surprised that both programs chose American
football, baseball, basketball and boxing ... not hockey ... as
comparisons
(although the programs were preceded by an extremely interested program
on
violence in sports in general). I wonder if Don Cherry was watching ..."

Let's not forget that hockey is Canadian, eh!  perhaps this is why they
couldn't (in all good conscience) place it with the other "American"
sports...  But then what about basketball?

Sotiris.



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