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Study: NBA Referees Racially Biased
Alan Schwarz reports in The New York Times : A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 seasons from 1991 through 2004, white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players. Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School, ...
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Link of the Day - Racial disparities in refereeing
Fan-tastic? — ... This one has already showed up in the blogosphere (TrueHoop link), and a friend just emailed me the ESPN link:

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