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Crossing The Line – Politics and Sport

“It used to be all about winning,” those were the words uttered by a top athlete from the United States about sport in his era, the 1980’s. “Now it’s about entertainment,” he added with a tone of regret. Few would

Inspirational Athletes – 31 – An Anniversary Edition.

While Americans and many sports fans around the world celebrate gymnast Sunisa Lee winning the gold medal in the all round event in Tokyo, how many know the story of the first two Asian American athletes to win gold at

Inspirational Athletes – 28

Theodora Ann “Tidye” Pickett was born in Chicago on 3rd of November 1914, her mother Sarah was a factory clerk and her father Louis was a foundry foreman. She was never known as Theodora, always as Tidye. She had an

Sport Is Business – No, It’s Entertainment. Yet Do The Same Rules Apply?

Sometimes the world of sport can be confusing. To the majority sport is a pastime, an activity that they carry out on a regular basis for enjoyment, and not for money. To others sport is a business, where the chosen

Inspirational Athletes – 27

At some time in everyone’s life they will have to do something that they do not want to do. Many of us are very fortunate that these times in the main are restricted to when we were a child. Many