Not sure about your joke about the Wages of Wins here (Rodman being better than Jordan.) But you don't have to read their book to know they don't argue that--check out their blog.
http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/06/03/a-clarification-on-rodman-and-jordan/
Again, I haven't read the book and, in any case, the math would be way beyond me, but their point is that rebounding is undervalued and scoring--particularly inefficienct scoring--is overvalued.
Otherwise, good column as always. Yours is one of the very few columns of any type I read daily, along with one of the few sports anythings I read regularly.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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