June 23, 2006
The Place and Value of College Sports: 2 Views
They Have Betrayed Their Educational Purpose
At a recent event at Stanford University sponsored by the program in literary and philosophical thought, longtime colleagues Hayden White and Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht got into a spirited debate about the value of sports and what role, if any, they should have on college campuses. White maintained that professional sports are a corrupting influence on society, while Gumbrecht, who has a new book out, In Praise of Athletic Beauty, argued that
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