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Abolish Travel Teams

By: Editors

Youth sports should be about fun and fair play — not turning kids into anxious investments for parents and private equity.

It’s hard to think of a popular comedy that can make audiences today squirm as much as The Bad News Bears. Released in 1976, the film was a smash hit, depicting an alcoholic Little League baseball coach played by Walter Matthau attempting to lead a collection of juvenile delinquents and untalented losers to victory. In […]

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It’s hard to think of a popular comedy that can make audiences today squirm as much as The Bad News Bears. Released in 1976, the film was a smash hit, depicting an alcoholic Little League baseball coach played by Walter Matthau attempting to lead a collection of juvenile delinquents and untalented losers to victory. In […]

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It’s hard to think of a popular comedy that can make audiences today squirm as much as The Bad News Bears. Released in 1976, the film was a smash hit, depicting an alcoholic Little League baseball coach played by Walter Matthau attempting to lead a collection of juvenile delinquents and untalented losers to victory. In […]

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It’s hard to think of a popular comedy that can make audiences today squirm as much as The Bad News Bears. Released in 1976, the film was a smash hit, depicting an alcoholic Little League baseball coach played by Walter Matthau attempting to lead a collection of juvenile delinquents and untalented losers to victory. In […]