I've been wondering whether Obama's candidacy might have an effect on athletes, not just African American athletes but their fellow players as well as coaches, at all levels of athletics. I heard something today on ESPN that made me think something might be going on to dent the traditional, overwhelmingly Republican conservative world of U.S. athletics, particularly football.
And yes, this is partly a desperate attempt to put more Obama diaries up to crowd out the "P" stuff, but there may be something happening here, as Steven Stills once sang.
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