Wodjan Shaherkani’s participation in the London 2012 Games had been in doubt after the International Judo Federation said she needed to remove the head scarf for her match. … She and teammate Sarah Attar, the kingdom’s first ever female Olympic competitors, have both signed agreements agreeing to compete only in kit that ‘sticks to Islamic [...]
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NBC Lets Guy Adams Out of Twitter Jail
**UPDATED** REPRESENTATIVE OF NBC’S aggressive content fencing, as well as their police grip on everything Olympics, when Guy Adams started ripping the network for their coverage of the London Olympic games, they took action. Twitter obliged. As you can see above, he’s back, promising an article to follow. …[update] and as promised, here it is: [...]
U.S. Men’s Gymnastic Team Chokes in London
IT HAPPENS, even when you can least afford it. There’s not another way to write or review it honestly. The men’s gymnastic team psyched themselves out. Danell Leyva, the gymnast who led the entire world in the all-around in the qualifications and nearly made the pommel horse final, looked frazzled as he mounted this event [...]
Row After Row of Empty Seats at London Olympics
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the minister responsible for the Olympics, said Saturday that the organizing committee was “doing a full investigation into what happened. . . . We think it was accredited seats that belong to sponsors, but if they are not going to turn up, we want those tickets to be available for members of the [...]
Dana Vollmer Breaks World Record
“I had kind of a bad finish.” – Dana Vollmer DANA VOLLMER became the first woman to break the 56 second record in the 100-meter butterfly Sunday at the London Olympics, coming in at 55.98 seconds. She takes home the gold medal, while losing her cap in the process. In an interview Vollmer said she [...]
Kim Rhode Shatters Olympic Record
THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN to win three gold medals in skeet shooting, Kim Rhode set an Olympic record by being the first American individual to win gold medals in five consecutive Olympic games. No woman or man has done this before. From the New York Times: Under a drizzly gray sky, Kim Rhode on Sunday [...]
James Bond Escorts the Queen to the 2012 Olympics
THE MOST CLASSIC moment from the opening of the 30th Olympiad, London’s third hosting duty, a singular honor. It was a glorious opening, one that exceeded the last in China. Slow start, but the music and the evolution of Great Britain was something to which I related. But, oh, those fireworks! Then there was Paul [...]
Let the 2012 Olympic Games Begin… Bob Costas Calls Out IOC, Mentions Munich Massacre
BOB COSTAS FULFILLS his promise to remember those athletes killed 40 years ago, calling out the IOC for not taking a moment tonight to remember. From the Hollywood Reporter: “The Israeli athletes now enter behind their flag-bearer Shahar Zubari,” said Costas. “These games mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 tragedy in Munich, when 11 [...]
NCAA Fines Penn State $60 Million, Bans Penn State from Bowl Games for 4 Years, No ‘Death Penalty’
“The NCAA just crushed Penn State football.” – Bruce Feldman, CBS Sports [on "Daily Rundown," with Chuck Todd] JOE PATERNO’S STATUE has been removed from the college campus, the beginning of penalties that should resound throughout college sports, but also beyond, in actions that begin to send a message that wasn’t received even after the [...]
Ann Romney is Wrong: 54-37% People Want Mitt To Release his Taxes
“We’ve given all… [you].. people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life.” – Ann Romney on “Good Morning America” [Politico] IT’S NOT REALLY what Ann Romney said, as much as how her interview came off, which is why “[you] people” went viral, like a political heat seeking [...]
Freeh Report: Paterno ‘Made Aware” of 1998 Sandusky Investigation, ‘But Failed To Take Any Action’
The evidence shows that these four men also knew about a 1998 criminal investigation of Sandusky relating to suspected sexual misconduct with a young boy in a Penn State football locker room shower. Again, they showed no concern about that victim. The evidence shows that Mr. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of [...]
Vagina Sunday
“…the status of the fetus as human life does not equal that of the mother. …” – Rep. Lisa Brown, Michigan Democrat silenced for saying “vagina.” WHAT A WEEK it was. Some legislators – mostly male – will go to great lengths not to hear women’s voices when it comes to legislating our health and [...]
GUEST POST: Plan for the BCS Playoff Guidelines
TM NOTE: The following sports post is from my big brother Larry R. Marshall, whom I have referred to in many columns I’ve written. Besides being my political mentor when I was a kid growing up, not ideologically, but in teaching me about politics as I grew up in the tumultuous times of my own [...]
Legendary Coach Pat Summitt Steps Down After Diagnosis of Early-onset Alzheimer’s
And when the goodbye was finally uttered on Wednesday, with Summitt abdicating the throne she occupied for 38 years, the reality washed over everyone who is in some degree in her debt. And that would be everyone in the sport. – Pat Summitt’s Signature: Success and Dignity Without Title IX there would have been no [...]
Sara Ganim Beats Out the Boys for Pulitzer on Sandusky Story
She loves the crime beat. Now she’s got a 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting to show for it. Working harder than everyone else is what it takes, especially when you’re a 24 year-old reporter. From the Daily Beast: Sara Ganim was standing in her pink socks in the office of the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News [...]
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