Sports' grip on America sparks summer of political warfare
The WNBA, Major League Baseball and even a golf startup spent the summer as unlikely proxies in some of the country's fiercest national conflicts. Why it matters: American culture has shattered into thousands of tiny shards of glass . But sports remains one of the few forces powerful enough to pull much of the country into the same moment — making it a prime target for political fights. That kind of shared attention has become a scarce and ultra-valuable resource for activists, politicians and…
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