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Some decisions have had major consequences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfOCXQON5oE It is President’s Day. The chief executive of the United States has an impact on just about every facet...

IOC Vice President is incorrect, saying the IOC isn't political. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z32EyZlohgI The International Olympic Committee is a group that thinks it is a big time player...

Putin dismisses a call of a US boycott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s8Bt-0HYtA Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and thinks that a possible...

The IOC remains out of step with society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vxDuSTYgHg Last December, it appeared that American Olympic athletes would be able to express their viewpoints and not...

Olympic boycotts never work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9-04cl_jc You have to wonder what a United States curler is thinking when he or she sees a politician calling for an...

A change in attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BTkL0RuyD0

A failed political strategy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04pwJ7iVgAg&t=2s The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum is opening in Colorado Springs, Colorado soon and there will be a tribute to...

Stifling speech, IOC style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-50hKmjcaqQ Global protests and athletes’ speaking out against police brutality is about to meet the International Olympic Committee. John Carlos, who staged...

A sports failure.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoWeuLbDQHs It was 40 years ago today that United States President Jimmy Carter ordered the American Olympic Team to boycott the 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union...

The Cold War as a backdrop.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cisTNLzMl3E On February 24, 1980, the United States hockey team beat Finland to win the gold medal at the...