A Würzburger forever in Dallas: Nowitzki in white marble stands in front of the American Airlines Center, where the Mavericks play.
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The statue of former basketball star Dallas Mavericks represents a 30-year, now inflationary trend to forever honor exceptional athletes and offset the negative in sports. So far women have not played a role.
ANDFew times has there been a controversy centered around a memorial to a deceased football manager. For these men, revered as demigods and well paid in America, are rarely surpassed by critical stories. Ten years ago, however, construction workers arrived on the Penn State University campus one morning and, under the eyes of the police, dismantled a 400-kilogram bronze sculpture in front of the largest stadium in the country, which had been erected by private donors to commemorate longtime coach To remember Joe Paterno. A sex scandal rocked the university. And Paterno, who recently passed away at the age of 85, was suspected of covering up his assistant coach’s criminal activities. Demolition seemed like the only way to forget the character.
The state school did not disclose what happened to the scrap metal. It was only this summer that an attempt by a Pennsylvania House politician to require the information by law failed. The majority of the House rejected his proposal. Suspicion remains that the statue was melted down.
