Maybe Fans Are Not So Ruthless After All

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True or false: When a star athlete has passed visibly beyond his prime, Americans cast him aside and lavish their enthusiasm on the next up-and-coming star. One would be tempted to say “true” were it not for the conspicuous case of Michael Jordan. Few fans would argue that the Jordan of today is in the same league as the Jordan of the 1990s. And yet, in a new Harris Poll, he won the most votes when adults were asked to name their “favorite sports star”—just as he did in similar Harris surveys throughout the ’90s.

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