It’s Not Exactly a Hit for the Cycle

I am very disappointed in the lack of research upon your part on the April 21 Little 500 article by Diane Pucin. You offered very little chance for the Indiana University Student Foundation to present its case, especially from IUSF director Jonathan Purvis. Of course, if you did do your research, you would realize that IUSF did not challenge the arbitration panel’s decision.

I urge you to issue an article stating the other side of the situation with Team Major Taylor. The fact that this was a professional team that entered an amateur event. The fact that Josh Weir lied to many university officials to participate in this event. And the fact that you failed to offer the readers of the L.A. Times an unbiased presentation of these facts.

Would UCLA fans have been upset if Missouri’s Kareem Rush had been a current NBA star who had come back to Mizzou to play against UCLA in the Sweet 16 matchup?

Ken House

Bloomington, Ind.

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Ms. Pucin: How difficult would it have been for you to accurately describe the movie “Breaking Away” in your April 21 article? You said it was about the Cutters (correct), a team of locals (correct) who loved bike racing (wrong) and attended IU (wrong) while living at home (wrong) because they couldn’t afford to live on campus (wrong). This movie is available for rent in every Blockbuster store, so it would have been easy for you to have watched the film instead of just making something up for your story. I now assume the rest of your story has other fabrications in it.

You’ve always struck me as someone who writes sports articles but knows little about sports. At least the Times movie reviewers can rest easy.

Robert M. Ostrove

Westlake Village