The NCAA is not designed to be understood. Its contradictions are the point, as the new book, “Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal” explores, using UNC-Chapel Hill’s scandal-plagued athletics department as its source.
Lucas Hubbard
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How to Be an Ethical Sports Fan During Professional Basketball’s Long-Overdue Reckoning
We discuss the NBA strike and professional basketball’s habitual exploitation of athletes with Duke’s Nathan Kalman-Lamb, author of “Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport.”
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19 People of 2019: Crystal Dunn
The UNC grad was one of four NC Courage players who won the World Cup with the
U.S. Women’s National Team, then won the NWSL Championship
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Durham Scrapped a Parking Lot Lease Ninth Street Merchants Rely On Without Bothering to Tell Them
“We need the city to care about the fact that we exist.”
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The LGBTQ Center of Durham Wants to Help Homeless Queer Young Adults Find More Than Just Somewhere to Spend the Night
“It felt like it was time for us to move into that gap we felt in the community.”
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Triangle Music Issue: A New Exhibit Reviews Durham’s Storied Place in Pre-War Jazz
“Everyone talks about, ‘Oh, the Armory’s where all the big bands played.’ Well, who played there?”
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A National Nonprofit Rated Durham’s Parks Poorly. But Comparisons Don’t Tell the Whole Story.
According to the Trust for Public Lands, Durham’s parks ranked 72nd out of the largest 100 cities in the country.
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Creating Change Is an Uphill Climb. The New Durham Nonprofit Upstream Wants to Make It Easier.
“I think of Upstream Works as a tool to get things done. I don’t think of it as a volunteer opportunity.”
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New Downtown Attraction Bull City Mini Combines Putt-Putt Fun and Bull City Pride
The mini-golf course opening tomorrow on the American Tobacco Campus is “by Durhamites, about Durham, and, really, for Durham.”
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Silent Book Club Is SoulCycle for Shy People
Durham’s chapter of Silent Book Club meets every second Tuesday at Bull City Ciderworks.