Maybe nobody else reads the Mercury, but since every other Blazer related article seems to be posted here, I thought I'd add
this one, which (among other things) sums up the Jail Blazer era quite well:
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Jail Blazers hysteria is based on a series of smaller elements: lazy journalism, the desire to turn an otherwise dull sports section into a crime blotter, mild stereotyping of the lives of successful African American men, and (most importantly) a basketball team that failed to win enough games.
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The national media attention is nice and all (honestly, given that we always suck on national TV, maybe not) but local is where it's at.
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