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Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Friday, August 11, 2017

Stretching Scholarship Dollars Key To College Success | BaseballAmerica.com

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This is going to be a tough one to work out since you have two of the biggest control freaks in sports, MLB and the NCAA, strugglin...
Sunday, September 08, 2013

Wrestling gets reinstated for 2020 Olympics - ESPN

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And rightfully so. More than baseball / softball, which I understand that the world thinks of as primarily an American sport, wrestling i...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Why the IOC will never memorialize the '72 Munich massacre - FOX

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The reason given by the IOC to the families of the Israelis slain during the '72 Games (second story below) is all the reason I need ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER? Today's major leaguers are bigger and stronger than those of earlier eras - physical size of baseball players | Baseball Digest | Find Articles at BNET

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The debate surfaces periodically and revolves around the "is today's player better than players from other eras", whether i...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Do you believe in Miracles?? - 30 years later

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THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVER - NO CAPTION NECESSARY, THE ONLY ONE LIKE IT. This is still the greatest moment in sports history. The ra...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

The IOC gets one right?

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Couldn't agree with them more on this point of emphasis. FROM THE WEBSITE OLYMPIC.ORG 05 OCTOBER 2009 Youth and Athletes at the heart of...
Friday, October 02, 2009

The Smoking Gun that killed Chicago 2016?

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At least according to NBC Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol, who speculated that the USOC's move to create a separate cable ch...

CHICAGO 2016 BOUNCED IN THE FIRST ROUND

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Turn out the lights... the party's over... They say that all... good things must end.... turn out the lights....... WOW!!!! A first roun...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Obamas go to Stockholm....and why I love sports

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THOSE CRAZY KIDS!!!! The Obamas are going to Stockholm to meet with IOC officials and make the pitch that their adopted hometown and the cou...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Chicago in the lead for 2016 Olympics...by one point

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The Chicago bid was characterized as "ambitious, but achievable". All three of the other contenders fell under the category of ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

IBAF response to IOC snub....Go World Baseball Classic

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The International Baseball Federation--headed by Dr. Harvey Schiller--seemingly did more than enough positive work trying to get baseball an...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

IOC TELLS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TO DROP DEAD

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In favor of golf and rugby. GREAT!! I hope they don't try to bring the Games to Chicago now. Not without baseball and softball. NO S...
Friday, January 02, 2009

THE SLAVIK PLAN FOR THE OLYMPICS AND BASEBALL

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CHICAGO 2016? AND BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AS OLYMPIC SPORTS?? As we look out towards the new year one of the things I look forward to is the r...
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

ELECTION DAY - JUST VOTE

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http://www.justvote.org/ No matter who wins, the good news that should come out of this election is the sheer number of people going out and...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

THE OLYMPICS ARE OVER - GOOD!!!

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I made a concerted effort not to watch any of the Olympic broadcasts mainly due to stories like this: The Financial Times finally ended its ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

THIS IS WHY BASEBALL IS NOT LONG FOR THE OLYMPICS

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and not over-the-top levels of PED use as some folks would have you believe. I read an article by the well-respected, former White Sox st...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

CHICAGO MAKES THE FINAL FOUR FOR 2016 OLYMPICS

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Congratulations to Chicago for making the final cut along with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. Now the real heavy lifting of winning an Ol...