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Face-Painters, Cheese Heads, and Other RevolutionariesFrom the Cheap Seats[26 October 2006] by Tobias PetersonPopMatters Sports Editor Fans who show up sporting a wedge of plastic cheese on their heads, or wearing nothing but a barrel and suspenders, or dousing themselves in purple paint are really just the modern-day, class-defying equivalents of flatulent giants, cross-dressing jesters, and juggling scullery maids of the Renaissance.
From the Cheap Seats
C-O-M-P-E-T-ETobias Peterson07.Jul.08 The novelty of pitting eight- to 15-year-olds against one another for popular amusement can be glossed over in the name of educational achievement. 
Who Watches the Watchers?Tobias Peterson11.Jun.08 In a league where (predominantly white) authority figures are needed to intellectualize and give order to the hyper-stylized physicality of its (predominantly black) players, no brain is more lauded than Bill Belichick's. 
Baptized by Fire: The Persistent Politics of the Olympic GamesTobias Peterson28.Apr.08 The Olympic torch should remain a beacon to those who can appreciate the true power that sports have in forcing us to consider the political reality of the world we all, athletes included, share.
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Rabble Without a Cause: Let’s Spice-up the 2008 Election, Iron Chef-Style
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