The Year-end Run Begins -- Another Suggestion

We will meet at the regular time this coming Friday (9:45 am), at the Eastside Branch (LPL), to discuss philosophy your way.

Here are a few prompts:
 -- what role do sports play in society (hint: you may wish to read up about the plot lines of

• Breaking Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/), 
• Invictus (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500), 
• Lagaan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169102), 
• Chariots of Fire (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082158), 
• Bang the Drum Slowly (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069765), and
• Rocky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148))

 -- which is your favorite sports-themed work of art?
 -- what is your philosophical take on last Saturday's UK/U of L barn-burner?
 -- Tell a story of a great vicarious thrill.
 -- Tell a story of a great catharthis.

A search of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy for the term "sports."

Other suggestions, however, if you have reached a seasonal saturation of sports, are encouraged.