Nick Lehr

4 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Nick Lehr

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) A lifelong sports fan, I grew up hearing tales of sports figures felled by gambling scandals – baseball stars “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and Pete Rose, the 1978-79 Boston College basketball team and NBA referee Tim Donaghy. Sports leagues wanted nothing to do with gambling, which they feared would taint the integrity of the game.

4 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Nick Lehr

Sports leagues wanted nothing to do with gambling, which they feared would taint the integrity of the game. They had lobbied heavily for the passage of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, also known as the Bradley Act, which banned sports betting in the U.S.Curious, I started placing some bets myself.

Dec 20, 2024 | theconversation.com | Nick Lehr

The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina – be it physical, psychological or economic – is difficult to quantify. But the numbers reported by the Office of State Budget and Management are harrowing: over 100 deaths, US$59.6 billion in damages and thousands of homes destroyed, as of Dec. 13, 2024. More than two months after the storm struck land on Sep. 27, small businesses are still struggling to recover from the flooding and lost inventory.

Dec 5, 2024 | messenger-inquirer.com | Nick Lehr

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Dec 4, 2024 | theconversation.com | Nick Lehr |Adam Stanaland

For the past few years, right-wing media have argued that the U.S. is plagued by a masculinity crisis, whether it’s former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson warning of collapsing testosterone levels in his 2022 documentary “The End of Men” or Sen. Josh Hawley decrying what he called the left’s project to “deconstruct” men and “define traditional masculinity as toxic.” Rhetoric aside, there may be a real vein that these pundits and politicians are tapping into.