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The politics of sport. Weekend Caucus is the new constituency — sports fans who want to go behind the scores, stats and standings to explore what it all says about our society.

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Running Like an Anime Ninja: How Australian Sudanese Refugees Are Taking Over Basketball

Ed Coper
8 min readMar 22, 2017

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The Naruto: Deng Adel. (Photo credit: Sam Upshaw Jr.)
Mangok Mathiang (L) and Deng Adel (R). (Photo credit: Matt Stone)

“An email arrived in my inbox with the subject line ‘check this kid out.’ Twenty seconds into the video — watching this tall, lanky kid create separation with a jab step before displaying near perfect form on a long distance 3-pointer — I was captivated.” — Jerry Bembry, ‘Vaulting from YouTube to the NBA’

“If I don’t get it the first time, I’m definitely going to get it the second.” — Gorjok Gak, on why he chose #12 as his number

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Weekend Caucus
Weekend Caucus

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The politics of sport. Weekend Caucus is the new constituency — sports fans who want to go behind the scores, stats and standings to explore what it all says about our society.

Ed Coper
Ed Coper

Written by Ed Coper

Click-ass #campaigns. Covering the sport of politics & the politics of sport. Founder, Corelab www.corelab.co Weekend Caucus www.weekendcaucus.com

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