"Barring Basketball in the Burbs" - WCPN 90.3 @ 9:

stephen davis · Post by **stephen davis** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:59 am

From WCPN.org:

"No more dunking on basketball courts in Bedford, Euclid and Lakewood. The hoops have come down. Some praise the removal as an effort to curb bad behavior. Others call it racism. Basketball courts attract kids and young adults who have nothing to do. Games can turn into shoving and swearing matches. Suburbs are removing basketball hoops to regulate behavior. Some call it a culture clash, since the players are often African American. Are city officials overreacting? Or should they go even further to preserve community standards? Barring basketball in the burbs... Join Regina Brett for the discussion tomorrow morning on The Sound of Ideas."

Link an listen at:

http://wcpn.org/

This is on today, Friday, July 6, at 9:00 a.m..

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:04 am

Steve

It would seem that the PD has also being followint the thread, as they ran a story three days after we posted, and did a follow-up in the PD yesterday.

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Bryan Schwegler · Post by **Bryan Schwegler** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:00 am

For anyone who missed the live broadcast and wants to listen to it. here's an audio archive:

http://www.wcpn.org/podcast/audio/2007/07/0706soi.mp3

ryan costa · Post by **ryan costa** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:04 pm

It could be a good strategy to prevent attracting goons and lowlifes to the area.

To actually ward them off the basketball courts will have to be replaced with tennis courts.

"Barring Basketball in the Burbs" - WCPN 90.3 @ 9:

"Barring Basketball in the Burbs" - WCPN 90.3 @ 9:

Re: "Barring Basketball in the Burbs" - WCPN 90.3

a good strategy