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8/30/2002

Boosting Bredesen?
The Tennessean will publish a special feature Sunday, Sept. 1, likely designed to boost favored gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen. The feature, titled From Hick to Hip: How pro sports shaped Nashville, will no doubt present pro sports as a boon to Nashville and laud the former mayor for bring pro sports to Nashville. It's a good bet questions over the financial wisdom of the Titans stadium deal and, to a lesser extent, the downtown arena, will be downplayed while the positive but fuzzy "community-building" aspects of professional sports will be emphasized. Bonus prediction: the story will include a racial-harmony angle.