Posted on October 1, 2012. Tags: Amateur Competition, Amateur Competitions, Amateur Division, Amateur Sports, Basketball Teams, Cinderella, Imperialism, Ioc, Medals, Moneyed Interests, Ncaa, Ncaa Tournament, Olympic Games, Olympics, Other Sports, Pro Basketball, Professional Team, Sports Basketball, Sports Tennis, Usoc
I am still concerned about the Olympic Games. I have not backed off a bit: It’s still sports imperialism to have pro athletes at the Games because not every nation can field a professional team or train pro athletes in sports like tennis. But I realize that the IOC, the USOC and the moneyed interests […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 12, 2012. Tags: African Nation, Bahrain, Carlo Molfetta, Curling, French West Africa, Gabon, Heavyweight Division, Medals, National Anthem, National Hero, Olympic Games, Olympics, People, Persian Gulf, Silver Medal, Wins, Woman Athlete
Isn’t it exciting! Two new nations left the terrible never medalled at the Olympics club this summer: Gabon and Bahrain (who won with a woman athlete to boot!). Gabon is in former French West Africa and Bahrain, where we used to/still have a base, is an island in the Persian Gulf. Gabon’s medal came in […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on August 7, 2012. Tags: Best Time, Caribbean Nation, Communism, Communist Coup, Donuts, Egypt, Family God, Fencing Medal, Flag In Hand, Grenada, Hail, Hearts And Hands, History Today, Medals, National Anthem, Nbc, Olympic Medal, Olympics, One People, President Reagan, President Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Semi Finals, Venezuela
The small Caribbean nation of Grenada, liberated from a Communist coup by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, won their first Olympic medal in history today! James Kirani won GOLD in the 400 meter run! Here, for the benefit of NBC and my readers is the national anthem of Grenada! We’ll play it in this home […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on July 13, 2012. Tags: Anxiety, Athlete, Basketball Team, Boxer, Excitement, First Olympics, Jinx, Medalist, Medals, Mr Shaw, Olympic Athletes, Olympic Movement, Olympics, Olympics Medal, Russians, Sir Seretse Khama, Staff Writers, World Champion, World Cup Trophy, Youth Sports
Here’s a website from a Botswana newspaper about the five Olympic athletes carrying the hopes of a nation in the 2012 Games in London. Apparently the boxer Oteng Oteng is also a potential medalist, too. He boxes in the flyweight division. (I was a 98 lb wrestler so I understand the light division!) One highlight: […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on July 7, 2012. Tags: africa, African Nation, Botswana, Boxer, Chief Executive Officer, Games News, London Games, London News, Medals, Olympic Games, Olympic Team, Pako, Runners, Seribe, Win Games, World Champion
More news on Botswana’s Olympic team: This Nigerian report says the African nation will field five athletes to the Olympic Games in London. Leading up the charge will be Amantle Montsho: “We are sure that we will be sending quality not just numbers,” BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho added. He said it was good […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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