Olympics | Olympics
Jul.31.2012
How cool are the Olympic Games? I'll go ahead and answer that, but in terms my kids would use.
They're wicked hella filthy sick.
Which means really cool.
For ninety-nine percent of the participants, it's the one opportunity every one-thousand-four-hundred-and-sixty days to step from the shadows...
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Jul.31.2012
With the London 2102 Olympics in full swing, we are asking, is your Black-owned business benefiting from the Olympics?
Big sponsors like McDonald's are profiting from the Olympic games, but what impact are the games having on small and medium-sized businesses?
Please join us on Saturday at 7...
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Jul.30.2012
Forget the downhill skiing, ice skating and hockey; ignore the curling and the two man bobsled. For me, it will always be swimming, diving, gymnastics, with occasionally canoing, weightlifting, and soccer. Every four years, I sit down like the lump the Olympic games tries exhort me not to be...
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Jul.29.2012
Mitt Romney has been running for president for quite a while now, and he’s been making gaffes for as long as he’s been on this extended campaign trail. On March 12, 2010, Romney took the time on his own birthday to stop by the California Republican Convention in Santa Clara to give his...
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Jul.26.2012
A few weeks ago, my neighbor, Walt, asked me if I could attend a luncheon on July 25th. It would start at 12:30 and go for two hours, at the Green Springs Inn, 30 minutes from home. That amounted to 3 hours away from the office. I decided I'd take the day off for this so I can attend. I admire Walt...
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Jul.11.2012
Rafer Johnson beat his friend, UCLA's C.K. Yang, to set a world decathlon record in Rome.
Rafer Johnson was like a Greek god who knew first-hand, as Homer wrote, that "there is no greater glory that can befall a man than what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his...
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Jul.08.2012
Many a long year ago, I had to teach a Shakespeare play to classes of Grade Ten. It was - my friends - a chore. The Bard, on the page as he was, was of no great interest to these bubbling teens. Perhaps, had I had a stage and professional thespians upon it, I might have fared better. From this...
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May.31.2012
What is it like to be in the Olympics? And how do you react when you inspired a movie about your Olympic exploits? Steven Zhou and Youngjoo Ahn interviews Devon Harris, Captain of the legendary Jamaican Bobsled Team that captured the hearts of the world at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. The...
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May.30.2012
I don't make this stuff up, you know.
Kafka at the Beach
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Forget the London Games, Try Kafkarate in Prague
By JULIE O’SHEACity of Prague
The Olympic torch is on its way to London, but a Czech advertising campaign is set on getting...
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Mar.27.2012
This column originally appeared at http://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/digging-deep-hector-lopez-and-the-watermelon-head/
In many cases it’s not anything inside the ropes that hurts a fighter’s career. It’s something out there, in his life. Lots of trainers will tell you that the most...
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