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2004 Media Coverage of League of Fans (and Nader on sports)
S.A. Miller, "Cropp hit for 'caving' to MLB," Washington Times, December 23, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Chris Graham, "The BCS tide is turning ... slowly," Augusta Free Press (Augusta County, VA), December 28, 2004. (BCS action)
Benjamin Grove, "Nationals back in business," Las Vegas Sun, December 22, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Edward Epstein, "D.C. baseball proposal back on track Council approves financing plan for new ballpark," San Francisco Chronicle, December 22, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Sally Jenkins, "Baseball's Mind Game," Washington Post, December 21, 2004, p D01. (Letter to Selig and Reinsdorf) | (Letter to Cropp)
"Stirring the Pot: Sporting Raiders and Name Droppers," Press Action, December 21, 2004. (Letter to Silig and Reinsdorf)
Thom Loverro, "Ballpark talk out of this world," Washington Times, December 21, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Dave Gibson, "D.C. Chooses Sodomy Over Baseball," American Daily, December 20, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Matthew Cellaand S.A. Miller, "Playing for keeps," Washington Times, December 19, 2004. (Nader's letter to Cropp)
"Nader's letter to DC Council Chair Linda Cropp applauding her for standing up to Major League Baseball's bullying of the District of Columbia," DC Indymedia, December 17, 2004. (action)
"Nader and League of Fans Call For Major League Baseball to Stop Trying to Intimidate DC Council," DC Indymedia, December 17, 2004. (action)
Adrienne Washington, "It wasn't Cropp who was throwing a curveball," Washington Times, December 17, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Michael Zitz, "Will Northern Virginia get last baseball laugh?," The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), December 17, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Mark Segraves, "Sex Industry Funded Campaign Against New Stadium," WTOP News, December 17, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Sex industry battles DC stadium," United Press International, December 17, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Chris Isidore, "Firing team owners?," CNN/Money, December 16, 2004.
Eric Fisher, "Ballpark opponents down to last strike," Washington Times, December 10, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Anti-Stadium Campaign Urges Action," Washington Post, December 10, 2004, p B03. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Foes of Baseball Deal Still Hope to Defeat it," Associated Press, December 9, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"League of Fans Urges DC Residents to Continue Stadium Fight," DC Indymedia, December 9, 2004. (action)
Selena Roberts, "Don't Forget to Bring Your Own Truth Serum," New York Times, December 8, 2004. (more on performance-enhancing drugs)
Adrienne Washington, "Stadium foes hold on to wisdom of Yogi Berra," Washington Times, December 3, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Manny Fernandez, "Loss of Largesse Doesn't Surprise Library Backers," Washington Post, December 1, 2004, p B01. (action)
Michael Zitz, "Nats get D.C.'s nod," The Free Lance-Star (Fredricksburg, VA), December 1, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Adrienne Washington, "Mayor's bucks for baseball contrasts with past," Washington Times, November 30, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Diana Winthrop, "Is it time for Ambrose to go?," The Common Denominator, November 29, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Statehood Greens Urge Public Support for Protester Arrested at Stadium Rally," D.C. Statehood Green Party, November 29, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Baseball Oponents Push for Two Votes To Defeat Plan," Associated Press, November 29, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Brett Zongker, "D.C. Council to Vote on Baseball Financing," Associated Press, November 29, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Sarah Frank, "Baseball back in political mix," Chicago Tribune, November 27, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
S.A. Miller, "Baseball foes wage fight to the finish," Washington Times, November 24, 2004. (action) | (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
"Nader Writes Letter to DC Councilmembers Condemning Legislative Irresponsibility and Fiscal Recklessness of Stadium Plan," DC Indymedia, November 23, 2004. (action)
Dave McKenna, "Even the Losers," Washington City Paper, November 19-25, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "If Only Voters Were as Diligent as Sports Fans," CounterPunch, November 15, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Why Can’t Voters Be as Diligent as they are Sports Fans?," Common Dreams, November 14, 2004. (action)
James Dao, "In Washington, a Delay on the Road to Baseball's Return," New York Times, November 10, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
David Nakamura, "New Stadium Bill Adds Community Fund," Washington Post, November 3, 2004, p B01. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Scott Shane, "Nader Fires Election Day Salvo at Democrats," New York Times, November 3, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Janice D'Arcy, "Weary Nader Ends Quest In Near Isolation," Hartford Courant, November 3, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball!)
Ralph Nader, "On Tuesday, Communities Can Say 'No More!' to Owners of Sports Franchises," Common Dreams, October 31, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Voters have easy decisions Nov. 2 on subsidizing sports moguls," St. Louis Indymedia Center, October 29, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Voters have easy decisions Nov. 2 on subsidizing sports moguls," San Francisco Independent Media Center, October 29, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Voters have easy decisions Nov. 2 on subsidizing sports moguls," KC Indymedia Center, October 29, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Voters have easy decisions Nov. 2 on subsidizing sports moguls," North Texas Indy Media Center, October 29, 2004. (action)
David Nakamura and Lori Montgomery, "Cost Estimate on Stadium Jumps," Washington Post, October 28, 2004, p. A01. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
Patrick Hruby, "Not so pure and simple:," Washington Times, October 28, 2004. (Commercialism Action!)
David Nakamura, "170 Sign Up to Speak At Baseball Hearing," Washington Post, p. B01, October 27, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
Eric Fisher, "Hearing may affect D.C. stadium bill," Washington Times, October 26, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
"D.C.'s Corrupt Mayor Wants to Give Away $440 Million While Schools Rot," The Progress Report, October 26, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
David Nakamura, "Crowd Demands Services, Not Stadium," Associated Press, p. B01, October 26, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
Derrill Holly, "Major work lies ahead at RFK," Associated Press, October 21, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
David Nakamura, "Stadium Support Seems Solid," Washington Post, p. B01, October 20, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
Denise Barnes, "Critics assail ballpark plan," Washington Times, October 17, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
Barry Svrluga, "For Expos, Next Year Starts Now," Washington Post, p. A01, October 15, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign)
"Baseball in DC–YES! Public Financing–No!," DC Indymedia, October 11, 2004. (action)
Brad Shannon, "Nader to stop in Olympia," The Olympian (Olympia, WA), October 9, 2004. (action)
S.A. Miller, "Barry works to 'kill' ballpark," Washington Times, October 8, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
David Nakamura, "Coalition Vows to Fight Stadium: Education, Homelessness Are More Pressing Priorities, D.C. Group Says," Washington Post, October 6, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
S.A. Miller and Eric Fisher, "Protesters decry ballpark plan," Washington Times, October 6, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
"Council Majority Backs Proposal -- With Reservations," Associated Press, October 5, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
"Opposition Vows To Fight D.C. Ballpark Deal," Associated Press, October 5, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
Anne Keisman, "Eastern gateway has hazy future," Loudoun Times-Mirror, October 5, 2004. (No DC Taxes for Baseball Campaign) | (action)
S.A. Miller, "Groups unite to oppose stadium in DC," Washington Times, October 5, 2004. (action)
"RALLY AND CALL-IN TO FIGHT $440 MILLION GIVEAWAY FOR A BASEBALL STADIUM," DC Indymedia, October 1, 2004. (action)
Lyle Richardson, "SPECTOR: NHL math doesn't add up," FOXSports.com, September 27, 2004. (action)
Thaddeus Herrick, "Scared of the Dark," The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2004, p. R5. (action)
"League of Fans Urges National Hockey League Commissioner Not to Lock-Out Players," Common Dreams, September 2, 2004 (action)
"League of Fans to NHL Commissioner: NO LOCKOUT!," Ontario Independent Media Center, September 2, 2004. (action)
"League of Fans Urges National Hockey League Commissioner Not to Lock-Out Players," New York City Independent Media Center, September 2, 2004. (action)
"Are steroids ruining sports, and should cheating athletes be held accountable?," Hi (Arabic language monthly magazine), August, 2004. (Performance-Enhancing Drugs)
Lori Montgomery, "Baseball Backers Assailed," Washington Post, August 26, 2004, p. D02.
Bobby Ross Jr., "Arlington voters to decide whether Cowboys stadium worth expense," Associated Press, August 24, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Ballparks, corporate welfare," Washington Times, August 23, 2004. (action)
Linda Leaks, Parisa Norouzi and Shawn McCarthy, "Evans' 'plan' for baseball leaves out wishes of D.C. taxpayers," Washington Business Journal, August 20, 2004, p. 55. (action)
Phil Tatman, "Sport/fan dynamic comes to paperback," Orlando Sentinel, August 15, 2004. (action)
Duff Wilson, "Bill Would Raise Franchise Value of Sports Teams," New York Times, August 2, 2004. (action)
David Wethe, "HOME FIELD DISADVANTAGE," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 26, 2004. (action)
Adam Schrager, Interview with Ralph Nader, 9News (KUSA-TV, Denver), July 9, 2004.
Don Farmer, "Close to home," Naples Daily News (FL), July 2, 2004. (action)
Jackson Baker, "Nader on...THE FEDEX FORUM," Memphis Flyer, June 23, 2004. (action)
"Ratner plan deserves public's backing," Editorial, Newsday, June 21, 2004. (action)
Eric Fisher, "'Spider-Man 2' promotion whiffs," Washington Times, June 13, 2004. (action) / (action)
Harvey Araton, "Newark Should Step Back From Dance With Devils," New York Times, June 9, 2004. (action)
John McGrath, "Name sponsor for Seahawks Stadium isn't that qwazy," The News Tribune (Takoma, WA), June 2, 2004. (action)
John Hassell, "Nader running against the political system," Star-Ledger, May 30, 2004. (action)
"State taxpayers shouldn't pay corporate bills," Editorial, The Record (Troy, NY), May 26, 2004. (action)
Daniela Gerson, "Nader Sees ‘American Fascism’ In Plans for New City Stadiums," New York Sun, May 25, 2004, p 2. (action)
Errol A. Cockfield Jr., "Nader blasts stadium plans," Newsday, May 25, 2004. (action)
"Nader: Make Jets, Nets Owners Pay For Arenas," Infinity Broadcasting, May 25, 2004. (action)
Karen Matthews, "Nader weighs in against Nets, Jets NYC stadium proposals," Associated Press, May 24, 2004. (action)
Deborah Kolben, "Nader to rail against arena," The Brooklyn Papers, May 22, 2004. (action)
Eric Fisher, "Webbing youth," Washington Times, May 18, 2004. (action) / (action)
Chuck Finder, "Commercialism is here to stay in sports world," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 13, 2004. (action) / (action)
Jeff Blair, "Corporate march has been stalled, not stopped," Globe and Mail, May 11, 2004, p S3. (action) / (action)
Rupert Cornwell, "US Sports: Ice hockey heading for big freeze," Independent (UK), May 10, 2004. (action)
Gersh Kuntzman, "Values for Sale," Newsweek, May 10, 2004. (action)
Jonah Bloom, "Reversal On 'Spider-Man' Baseball Ads was Ridiculous," Advertising Age, May 10, 2004. (action)
Suresh Raman, "Advertising absurdity," California Aggie, May 10, 2004. (action) / (action)
David Whitley, "Maybe Nader is right," Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 2004. (action) / (action)
Art Spander, "Almighty dollar strikes out after fans’ pressure," Sunday Herald (UK), May 9, 2004. (action) / (action)
Jose de Jesus Ortiz, "Politicians don't need to meddle in baseball," Houston Chronicle, May 9, 2004. (action)
"Washington Whispers," U.S.News & World Report, May 8, 2004. (action)
"Baseball's movie pitch strikes out," The News Journal (DE), May 7, 2004. (action)
Joe Biddle, "Baseball brainstorm tests even truest fans," The Tennessean, May 7, 2004. (action)
"Ad creep turns consumers off," Financial Times (UK), May 7, 2004. (action)
"Diamond not an advertiser's best friend," Financial Times (UK), May 7, 2004. (action)
Chris Isidore, "Signs of the times," CNN/Money, May 7, 2004. (action)
Ed Waldman, "Baseball fans score victory over Spider-Man's reach," Baltimore Sun, May 7, 2004. (action)
"The Branding Of Sports," Hartford Courant, May 7, 2004. (action)
Sam Ross Jr., "Hey Bucs, show us the books," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 7, 2004. (action)
Mike Lopresti, "For sale: baseball's integrity," Gannett News Service, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Spider-Man ads off bases after complaints," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2004. (action)
Mike Bianchi, "Fans extricate baseball from insidious web of commercialism," Orlando Sentinel, May 6, 2004. (action)
Ryan Slabaugh, "This column is not sponsored by Spider-Man 2 or Sony," Summit Daily News, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Baseball has really tangled up this one," Arizona Republic, May 6, 2004. (action)
Jeff Blair, "Spider-Man spins web of controversy," Globe and Mail, May 6, 2004. (action)
Steve Wilstein, "MLB is going too far with ads scheme," Associated Press, May 6, 2004. (action)
Carl Hulse, "Rep. Nethercutt Goes to Bat Against Spiderman Ads," New York Times, May 6, 2004. (action)
Eric Fisher, "'Spider-Man 2' ads on deck and on base," Washington Times, May 6, 2004. (action)
Jose de Jesus Ortiz, "A different kind of pitch at ballparks," Houston Chronicle, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Baseball weaving a tangled web with Spider-Man promo," San Jose Mercury News, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Spider ads don't bug immune columnist," San Jose Mercury News, May 6, 2004. (action)
Garth Woolsey, "Good advertising or simply greed?," Toronto Star, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Bases logoed," Kansas City Star, May 6, 2004. (action)
"Major League Teams Covering Their Bases," Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2004. (action)
Ronald Blum, "Baseball sells 'Spider-Man' ads on bases," Associated Press, May 5, 2004. (action)
Darren Rovell, "MLB caught up in Spider-Man ads,"ESPN.com, May 5, 2004. (action)
"MLB Log: 5/5/04 - THE FINAL PITCH," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5, 2004. (action)
"Nader upset over uniform ads," Associated Press, May 4, 2004. (action)
"Ralph Nader and League of Fans Urge Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Not to Put Ads on Baseball Uniforms," Common Dreams, May 4, 2004. (action)
"Ralph Nader and League of Fans Urge Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig Not to Put Ads on Baseball Uniforms," NYC Indymedia Center, May 4, 2004. (action)
Dave McKenna, "Deep in the Heart of Taxes," Washington City Paper, April 16, 2004, p 14. (action)
Jack Knox, "University of Victoria's Secret would save taxpayers plenty," Victoria Times-Colonist," April 5, 2004. (action)
Lisa Napoli, "What's in a Name? Money," Marketplace (Public Radio), April 2, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "A Chill Wind Blows Through Cooperstown," Common Dreams, April 2, 2004. (action)
Bernard Hibbitts, "Lawsuit says NFL coerced team cities into building costly stadiums," JURIST's Paper Chase (University of Pittsburgh School of Law), March 5, 2004. (action)
"Nader: Candidate of the Fans?," SportsFan Magazine, February 23, 2004. (action)
Ralph Nader, "Courage to say 'no'," Star-Ledger, February 15, 2004. (action) / (action)
"Ralph Nader and League of Fans Urge Major League Baseball to Adopt Worker Rights Standards for Product Licensing Agreements," NYC Indymedia Center, February 12, 2004. (action)
"Ralph Nader and League of Fans Urge Major League Baseball to Adopt Worker Rights Standards for Product Licensing Agreements," Common Dreams, February 10, 2004. (action)
Mitchell Schnurman, "Cowboys shouldn't brush off Mary Kay," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 8, 2004. (action)
Chris Isidore, "Turning off the stadium spigot," CNN/Money, January 15, 2004. (action)
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