revolutionary war and all they could talk about were the type of muskets people were using and not taking a step back and looking at what actually was taking place. i mean, i would argue there have been three major developments in the last five years that have fundamentally transformed sports. the first is the movement for rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, lbgt people, something that s been become a part of the sports world in a pretty fundamental way. the sec thing we ve seen take place, which really hasn t been talked about nearly enough in this regard, is the economic crisis. the massive economic crisis in 2008, the largest in 70 years, i mean, it s had a massive ripple effect in the world of sports. you just referenced a sporting event in the lead up to the interview talking about the unrest in egypt, the starting point of that was a soccer riot, a soccer riot that involved a soccer club that i spent a whole chapter talking about in the book, a fundamental
mubarak, and their response to the port say yesterday soccer riot is a very interesting part of what s taking place right there. the focus on the police as opposed to going after other souk soccer clubs and the third thing, and i don t think once again this has been talked about nearly enough, has been the historic no matter what one things about president obama, the historic nature of electing the first african-american president in 2008 had an effect of raising the confidence of athletes, particularly african-american athletes. that brings me to my second question. yeah. there s been tremendous pressure on athletes to essentially shut up and play unless they are endorsing something. exactly. and an increasing number of athletes don t seem to be separating their politics from the profession. this is a recent example, a power forward for the nba s denver nuggets. take a look and i want to talk about this on the other side. my mom to my right is mahassan and my mom to t
happier than four years ago when the company came in dead last. apple made its iphone available to sprint customers for the first time last year. gas prices now and though we are paying less than a year ago, lots of folks say they are still staying home this summer. triple a reports close to 31 million americans are planning a road trip over the memorial day weekend. only 1% more than last year. it also found fewer people are planning to fly. experts say the drop in travel over fears the recovery is slowing down. for folks who do plan a summer vacation. a.a.a. lists the top destinations at disneyland, hun lieu you and number one, disney world. police release new video of a soccer riot as suspects appear in court and that tops our news around the world in 80 around the world in 80 seconds. turkey. hundreds of fans stormed the field on saturday after the home team lost to an archrival. rioters threw flares and seats at cops and set fire to a
it s waterford crystal, a football thing there, see it? reportedly worth some $30,000. alabama won it after beating lsu for a second time in january. it may be a first in nba history. a dallas maverick point guard got a technical foul last night for not for fighting or arguing with the ref. but for a wet willie. i m serious. see that? that was a wet willie. the refs didn t catch it live. wet willie. fox news can now confirm stuck his financingner a utah jazz player s ear and shoved him. he later said he went over the line but joked he wanted to help the utah player take care of some lint. the jazz got the last laugh. they won the game in three overtimes. wow. soccer riot tops our news around the world in 80 seconds.
then later left the base again to target more victims. that s what their investigation is finding. this scenario seems to back the u.s. government s assertion contested by some afghans that the killings were done by one person. 17 afghan civilians died in that slaughter. well, more than 40 people hurt in a collision in the uk. and the scene in egypt after a deadly soccer riot as we go around the world in 80 seconds. the uk, one person killed when a bus and big rig collide. dozens of people hurt, including the truck driver who s hospitalized in serious condition. police not sure yet how it happened, but witnesses say it was foggy out. egypt. the tension high. hundreds of people protesting after the egyptian football association officially suspends a soccer club for two seasons