Tag Archives: Avery Brundage

nothing without them?

Redemption. Will it ever arrive. Not a fleeting shimmer, but something you can sink the teeth into. In the Olympics, we have this family of nations, very much an act of symbolic reconciliation. And as the opening ceremonies unfold, it … Continue reading

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on your (trade) mark

There is an old anecdote that gets revived from time to time that goes, “Do you know the only thing more boring than track? Field!” In the case of the Olympic Games it doesn’t really matter. The Olympic ideal has … Continue reading

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owens: exchanging hand waves

To separate politics from sport is a virtual ideal, not realizable, and similat in context to examining religion without a political context. The Jesse Owens performance in Berlin in 1936 showed how efforts to insulate sport from politics is futile. … Continue reading

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