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1. What does Jay Caspian Kang consider the dividing line between those who believe athletes and coaches should stick with sports and those who feel that “sports, just like everything else is politics” (para. 1)? Do you agree? Explain your answer.

2. According to Kang, what is the traditional “paradoxical yet symbiotic relationship” (para. 2) between sports and politics?

3. What does Kang believe caused the fairly recent changes in the relationship between sports and politics?

4. Kang suggests that the days of uncommitted “ciphers of sporting excellence” are over and that politics may have to be “assigned to them” (para. 5). What does he mean by that, and how might that happen?

5. What is your view of the relationship between sports celebrities and political causes?