The most amazing thing about this Lancaster mascot fight is that the actual students don't seem to care one way or the other. The entire fight is being waged by middle-aged alumni who never left town. It's sort of sad watching then vigorously defending their decades-old high school nostalgia. Read more

Thank you for publishing this. Everyone in Phoenix remembers the KJ story, so I shake my head that this man was elected mayor of Sacramento, and then subsequently was regarded as the voice of reason in the Sterling affair. But let's be clear: All the accounting irregularities and shoulder rubs are a trifle. Read more

"According to the Firangi Rules of Acquisition chapter 189 section 44 verse 2: Thou shant give a shit about cricket." ~Quark Read more

huh they need to chill and let their women dress like cheerleaders because even in their conservative clothing Indian women got what it takes to be good cheerleaders. Read more

There is a lot of resistance to the 'Americanisation' of sport all over the world, not just for reasons of morality (although in this case it's obviously a major factor). A lot of Football and Rugby fans in the UK for example object to music being played when someone scores and cheerleaders (which have generally not… Read more

I played it in college as well...similar circumstances...Pakistani fraterity brother asked me to play because I played HS baseball. Read more

"....editorials derided the Redskins women and their cheering IPL peers as "firangi," a term that for centuries has been applied to unwelcome white foreigners..." Read more

As someone who knew nothing about the IPL before this, I agree. Read more

I think Dan Snyder just hates Indians. I also think someone finally told him that Native Americans aren't actually Indian. Read more

I learned a little bit about cricket in this article. I learned a little bit about India, its demographics, and its politics. Read more

Will Snyder give complimentary blankets to these Indians also? Read more

My buddy played cricket in Europe (after playing D1 college baseball) and said anyone who is good at baseball can instantly move to India and be a pro at cricket. Read more

I played cricket in college- some Indian guys on my floor invited me to play. My baseball background was semi-helpful. It was confusing as hell at first, but I caught on. It's fun when the ball is flying all over the place but it can be brutal against a good bowler. Read more

Couple typos to fix, just FYI: Kolkata (not Kalkata) Knight Riders, and it should be bhangra boys not "banghra boys". Read more

You've got a few things wrong about the evolution of cricket (eg, one day games do take one - the second day is a reserve day in case of bad weather), but your overview of the IPL circus is pretty spot. It is a carnival of grift, but ultimately incredibly lucrative. For all Snyder's obnoxiousness, he did well to get… Read more

Michael's boss, Snyder, had by then shown himself to be an aggressive marketer of all things cheerleader. Read more

As someone who loves the IPL, this is a really good read. Thanks. Read more

"Their Indians are much hotter than our Indians."

-D. Snyder Read more

I live in Fairfax county, and I'm not surprised by this at all. Read more