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​March Madness: A Great Opening Act for a Busy Sports Season

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​March Madness: A Great Opening Act for a Busy Sports Season
Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies holds up the championship trophy after defeating the San Diego State Aztecs during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston on April 3, 2023. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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It’s a great time of year to be an American sports fan. The just-completed “March Madness”—the NCAA-Division I men’s and women’s basketball playoffs—marked the end of “the winter lull in sports”—the relatively quiet month-and-a-half that comes after the Super Bowl in February.

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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