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Huge Week in Sports Includes Untimely Death, an ‘Impossible’ Record, Uproar Over Officiating, and the NBA’s Encounter With Totalitarianism

Huge Week in Sports Includes Untimely Death, an ‘Impossible’ Record, Uproar Over Officiating, and the NBA’s Encounter With Totalitarianism
A man walks past an advertisement for scheduled exhibition games in China between the LA Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, at the National Basketball Association (NBA) store in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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This is the “sweet spot” in the annual calendar for fans of major league sports. The period from the first week of October through the first week of November is the only time each year that all four leagues are in action.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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