Tag: Tommie Smith
LANE ONE: Only half-baked: U.S. athlete statement demands that they must be heard, then...
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THE TICKER: Australia-New Zealand gets ‘23 FIFA Women’s World Cup, White House report flames...
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LANE ONE: Protest or not to protest? The IOC’s choices are hardly black or...
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LANE ONE: American athletes should write their own version of the IOC’s Rule 50:...
“The IOC’s current position is very clear in regards to protest. Whether you agree or not, and choose to follow the rules, will be...
LANE ONE: It isn’t easy being an Olympic athlete in almost any sport, and...
It’s hard enough to be an Olympic athlete, especially from hyper-competitive teams like the United States, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere.
It got...
LANE ONE: Edwin Moses is right when he says protests can’t be stopped, but...
While the Tokyo organizers fret about the potential impact of the expanding coronavirus threat to this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan, discussions about the...
LANE ONE: Bach beams as IOC’s Athletes’ Commission issues athlete protest regulations for Tokyo...
In late 1981, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch sent a letter to German fencer Thomas Bach and others, stating “I have decided...
TSX DAILY: USOPC Hall of Fame elects Smith and Carlos, making athlete sanction threats...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 25 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: USOPC Hall of Fame committee selections renders USOPC's protest sanctions toothless
Much was made...
LANE ONE: USOPC Hall of Fame committee selections renders USOPC’s protest sanctions toothless
Remember the awards ceremony protests during the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru last month by American gold medalists Race Imboden in fencing and...
TSX DAILY: WADA confirms Russian doping inquiry on data “discrepancies”; Nye and Rogers in...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 24 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Russian doping data “discrepancies are not random” per AIU
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed...
The “other” anthem protest: Wayne Collett, Vince Matthews and the 1972 Games
PALM DESERT, September 29, 2017 – The current furor over sitting, standing, protesting and counter-protesting of the U.S. national anthem is old news for...
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