Posted on February 13, 2013. Tags: Amateur Sports, Beach Volleyball, Bronco Cup, Corporatization, Denver Bronco, Golf Tournaments, Mascots, Olympic Events, Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympic Wrestler, One Life To Live, Pole Vaulting, Pro Golf, Professional Players, Professionalization, Rulon Gardner, Sports Olympics, Television Coverage, Wsj
I just found this article at the WSJ by Jason Gay. It has several gems in it. First the mighty Olympic wrestler whose “miracle on the mat” win in 2000, Rulon Gardner, says this about the IOC decision to ditch wrestling from the Games: “The Olympic movement used to be about amateur sports,” Gardner told […]
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 December 16, 2012. Tags: Eastern Bloc Nations, Government Interference, Governmental Interference, Independent Sports, India Sports, Indian Olympic Association, International Olympic Committee, Ioa Members, Ioc, Last Winter, National Sovereignty, National Sports, Nsfs, Olympic Charter, Olympic Movement, Own The Podium, S Sports, Sports Programs, Sports Sponsorship, Winter Olympics
This article made me see red today: Suspension of Indian Olympic Association figures in RS The reason cited by the International Olympic Committee was (get this!) “governmental interference”. Don’t laugh too hard. You might get hurt. Here are the pertinent paragraphs: In a huge embarrassment for India, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday suspended the […]
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 December 13, 2012. Tags: Dr Gill, Electoral Reforms, Former Sports, Imperialism, Indian Government, Indian Sports, International Olympic Committee, Ioa, Ioc, Olympic Association, Olympic Games, Olympic Movement, Olympic Official, Olympics Sports, Paper Tigers, Professional Athletes, Remarkable Story, Sports Official, Term Limits, Unfairness, Verge, Visionary
There is a remarkable story that I must research further on the IOC suspending the India Olympic Association from the Olympic movement. I do not know what the facts are yet. But here’s an interview with a former Indian Sports Minister [Dr. R. S. Gill] who seems to be close to what is occurring 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 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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