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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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Tagged A Moment of Silence for Munich, Ankie Spitzer, Avery Brundage, Efraim Zinger, Elie Wiesel, Fabien Gilot, Ilana Romano, Israel Olympic Team, Italian Olympic Team 2012, Jacques Rogge, London Olympics 2012, Olympic Organizing Committee, Tzvi Varshaviak
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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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Tagged Ankie Spitzer, Avery Brundage, Boris Johnson Munich 1972 commemoration, doug saunders globe and mail, Eric Liddell, Jacques Rogge, Jeremy Schaap, Jim Thorpe, john lennon imagine, Marina Hyde Guardian, Munich 1972 Israel athletes, Oscar Swahn, Sebastien Coe
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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