February 21, 2001:
Features
Paying
the price for Sports
Bowen's new book questions the value of college athletics
In their 1998 book The
Shape of the River, former Princeton president William G. Bowen
*58 and former Harvard president Derek Bok examined a set of 90,000
alumni, from classes entering 30 selective colleges and universities
throughout the country in 1951, 1976, and 1989, to assess the impact
of race-sensitive admission policies.
In
the Big Leagues
It isn't all fun and games for executives in today's pro
sports leagues
by Matt Golden and Dan
White
Sport is no longer simply
about competition; it's about event presentation, stadium financing,
television contracts, player egos, public expectations, market size,
sponsorships, and revenue sharing.
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