Tag Archive | Olympics
Posted on October 9, 2015. Tags: nations, Olympics, SI, world
Once in a while, the sports imperialists who have ruined, nearly beyond repair, the Olympic Games make a slip up. In politics, we’ve call it a gaffe – some might call it an inconvenient truth. But since I appear to be one of the only bloggers or commentators who dare call out the sports imperialists, […]
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 September 12, 2014. Tags: IFS, Nhs, Olympics, Scotland
The Scots better watch out: They might get hit by a kitchen sink today. If the Unionists did not throw the kitchen sink at the YES SCOTLAND drive for independence it was only because they forgot it! Here thanks to ConservativeHome email alert today are the terrible things that will or could happen if 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 February 16, 2014. Tags: first, Olympics, time, US
I happened to find at a place called Bruinsfansinc.com (Obviously an unofficial Boston Bruins fan site with an amusing disclaimer: “Official Blog for Bruins Fans Inc.”) a wonderfully stated post about pro athletes in Olympic hockey. It is well-written. Couple of highlights: I’m old school in a lot of ways. I think the NHL should […]
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 February 15, 2014. Tags: events, Olympics, US, world
As the Slovenes await their potential Miracle on Ice tomorrow at 730 AM our time, there is a nice post from David Perry that deserves to be answered. I believe as the Bible says, “As iron sharpens iron…” Why is it that people who otherwise are free-market and libertarian (correctly, I should add) and generally […]
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 February 5, 2014. Tags: america, Edition, february, Independent, nominations, Obama, Olympics, professor, Queen, rubin, Submissions, Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics in Sochi are coming up soon, and this picture of Russian President Putin calming down a six-month-old leopard cub who had just attacked and injured two journalists inside a cage seems to be an intriguing foreshadowing of upcoming events. After all, Russia’s Putin is the same guy who threatened to cut Islamic […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 14, 2014. Tags: Hype, Olympics, RATINGS, Wagner
I just found this story on the US Olympic figure skaters and I am profoundly disturbed. Here is the report by Jeff Yang at the Wall Street Journal blog and here is another report at NESN by Alison Smith I found that has some disturbing aspects to it embedded that raise questions. Let’s start with […]
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 January 10, 2014. Tags: Games, NHL, Olympic, Olympics
Here’s the article from the Wall Street Journal blog site about no NHL players in the next Winter Games: Fans of Olympic hockey had better enjoy it while it lasts. Next month’s Winter Games could be the last to include the sport’s most-elite players. I am sorry but this is jump-up-and-down-and-cheer news! Virtually no sports […]
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 June 25, 2013. Tags: Africa South, Bbc, Botswana Africa, Bronze Medalist, Competitive Team, Curling Ice, Host Country, Kevin Martin, Middle Income Nation, Olympic Curling, Olympics, Olympics Curling, Party Democracy, Pete Fenson, Recruiter, Rsa, Soccer World Cup, Stable Countries, Usa Curling Team, Winter Games, Winter Olympics
I have blogged that Botswana ought to have a national curling team. Set up some Olympic-quality curling ice in Gaborone (say about 8 sheets or so) and then do try outs. But nobody can curl in Botswana, Sandy? It would take 50 years to have a competitive team. I disagree. If you get a name […]
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 February 6, 2013. Tags: 2014 Olympics, 2014 Winter Olympics, Alex Ovechkin, Amateur Divisions, Dominance, Fasel, Hockey Olympics, Imperialism, Olympic Website, Olympics, Olympics News, Olympics Sports, President Rene, Russian Player, Sochi, Sporting News, Torchbearer, Washington Capitals, Winter Olympics, Winter Sports
The Sporting News is reporting that it is “highly likely” that the NHL players will play hockey in the 2014 Winter Olympics. In a recent interview with the Olympic website Around the Rings, IIHF president Rene Fasel is confident that NHL players will participate in the Sochi games. “I’m really confident that the NHL players […]
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 January 6, 2013. Tags: Amateur Event, Bob Costas, Defending Champion, Filip, Grimaldi, Guess, Hockey Championships, Hockey World Championships, Ice Hockey World Championships, Imperialism, Junior Ice Hockey, Minute Span, Olympic Games, Olympics, Power Play, Professional Athletes, Rocco, Sandberg, Second Period, Wikipedia
Here is a online poll in a Milwaukee newspaper on whether professional athletes should be in the Olympic Games and I urge my readers who agree with me that it is sports imperialism to vote NO! To show the sporting and balance in a more amateur event – the Junior ice hockey world championships were […]
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 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: Amateur Athletics, Amateurs, American Swing, Dearth, Deleterious Effect, Do The Right Thing, Hangover, Imperialism, Intrusion, Nigeria, Olympic Tennis, Olympics, Ruination, Supreme Talents, Tennis Calendar, Tim Joyce, Tv Ratings, Venue, Vocal Minority, Wimbledon
Here is a mildly complaining article on the state of Olympic tennis, also taken over by pro athletes to its ruination. This first comment is revealing: Since the Olympics became a venue for professionals to show off their supreme talents, rather than a celebration of amateur athletics, there’s been a decided – however unscientifically sampled […]
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 10, 2012. Tags: David Blatt, Dream Team, Gap, Global Basketball, Global Game, Imperialism, Independence From The Soviet Union, International Basketball, Olympic Basketball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Present System, S Sports, Sellout, Slave Trade, Superstars, Uproar, William Wilberforce, World Olympics, Yahoo Sports
We already know that the NBA blog and presumedly the players do not like the proposed Stern 23 and under rule for Olympic Basketball. And while it is not a complete victory, as William Wilberforce would say (he endorsed a neutral bill that had the tendency to eliminate 80% of the British slave trade), it […]
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 9, 2012. Tags: Apologies, Botswana, Debut, Excitement, Failure, Fastest Time, Gaberone, Gaborone, Heat Race, Kenya, Medal Contender, Olympic Campaign, Olympics, Pride, Running, Sensation, Symmonds, Teenager, These Games, World Champion, Yea, Youngster
Looks like Botswana will have a medal in the Olympics for the first time ever! It’s unofficial but Nijel Amos won silver in the men’s 800. Alas, the Americans took fourth and fifth (Symmonds). I was not able to find any Botswana media yet on the win. Give it a day or two. But I […]
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 August 7, 2012. Tags: 2012 Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, Botswana, European Source, Leads, London, Olympic Stadium, Olympics, Photo, Quarterfinals, Summer Olympics, Wins
Based on this site here, Nigel Amos of Botswana won heat 1 yesterday in the quarterfinals with a time of 1 minute 45.90 seconds. (My best heat in high school was about twice that for the same event!) Here’s a better article (actually a photo) from a European source: Botswana’s Nijel Amos, center, leads 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 6, 2012. Tags: Huffington Post, Noes, Olympics, Post Poll, Pro Athletes, Risk, Scientific Poll, Vote
The Huffington Post (read at your own risk!) has a poll here on pro athletes at the Olympics. Of course it is not a scientific poll but it is great that when I voted NO, the NOES had 60.8%! SO GO VOTE! About Elwood SandersElwood “Sandy” Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is […]
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 5, 2012. Tags: 23 Years, Basketball Nba, Commentators, Commissioner David Stern, Cross Country, Dream Team, Epee, Fab Five, Fencing, Fiba, Gymnastics Team, Indi, Nba Commissioner David Stern, Nba Players, Olympics, Podium, Silver Medal, Six Miles, Superstars, Women S Gymnastics, World Championships
Wasn’t it exciting at the Olympics yesterday? US wins a silver medal in the 10,000 meter yesterday – first time since we won gold in 1964! US finally reaches the podium in fencing in the next to last day of competition – the women’s epee team wins bronze! Several days ago, the women’s gymnastics team […]
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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