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Monday June 18, 2007
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New champs are crowned in basketball and hockey, but most TV viewers seem more interested in reality television. Plus, real world lawyers keep a watchful eye on cyber sports. Find out why fantasy baseball leagues may have to "pay to play" with the likeness of superstars. We're Sporting Views.
Milton Kent, Columnist, The Baltimore Sun
George Solomon, Columnist and former Sports Editor, The Washington Post; Visiting Professor, Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland; also former ESPN Ombudsman
India markets itself as the world's "largest democracy". But activists and researchers say cultural preferences for boys are drastically altering its population, with dangerous implications for civil society. Kojo explores underlying causes and possible consequences of India's "girl deficit".
Sonalde Desai, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
Vasu Mohan, Deputy Director for Europe and Asia, IFES
Meeta Singh, M.D., Obstetrician & Gynecologist; Coordinator, IFES' Dignity of the Girl Child program (Rajasthan, India)
Sultan Aziz, Director of the Asia Pacific Division, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
The voice and experience of black women has often been absent from America's theater stages. We hear about The Black Women Playwrights' Group of Washington, and enjoy excerpts from a few of their newest plays.
Karen Evans, Founder and President, Black Womens Playwrights' Group
Stanice Anderson, author, motivational speaker, and playwright
Louise Gray, screenwriter and playwright
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