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• In Media Res
  Re: 100 Years Later: Race and "The Fight of the Century"

  Sports, Celebrity, Race

  By

  Gregory Zinman New York University

  Tuesday, July 6, 2010 — 5:27 pm

    Your excellent post caused me to reflect on how much has changed with regards to the celebrity and politics of African-American athletes. Johnson, a self-identified "New Negro," publicily rebuked the assimilationist stance of Booker T. Washing ...
• In Media Res
  Re: 30 for 30 and ESPN’s Quest for Cultural Consecration

  Not Quite Film

  By

  Gregory Zinman New York University

  Saturday, July 10, 2010 — 12:29 am

  I think your right on w/r/t to how the network is positioning this series. It is so interesting how ESPN leans so heavily on cinematic signifiers to signal this shift from news and coverage to "art": the use of the word "films," the so ...
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  Re: Selling Strasburg: Baseball, Broadcast Flow and the Commodity Audience

  White Makes Right (now)?

  By

  Gregory Zinman New York University

  Thursday, July 8, 2010 — 10:29 pm

  I might go so far as to say that, for many, Strasburg represents not only a white savior for D.C., but for baseball as a whole. And when you consider how closely baseball is linked in the national consciousness with America, the ramifications become even ...