Politics on the sports page

This morning, the LAT's Kurt Streeter writes in the sports section about ... what? Sports? No, race. Streeter writes about the old white Celtics and the old black Lakers and about Barack Obama as a presidential nominee. The present day Celtics are black and the present day Lakers are "international" and Barack Obama is a partly black presidential nominee. Connect those thoughts and what do you have? Answer: A racist, pleased that a presidential nominee is partly black. But what does that have to do with sports?