The International Olympic Committee announced last week that wrestling would not be included as a sport in the 2020 games. Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld was moved by the decision. So moved, he wrote about it this weekend in the Washington Post: Wrestling is a universal sport. To compete, all that is needed is an… Read more »
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US pols launch campaign to save Olympic wrestling, call exclusion ‘worldwide injustice’
U.S. lawmakers are going to the mat in a bid to convince the International Olympic Committee to abandon a plan to cut wrestling from the 2020 summer games. Source: FOXNews.com
Olympic Arms to Cuomo: Repeal Ban and Apologize or No Business with NY
In response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazine ban for civilians, Olympic Arms is making it known they will no longer do business with the state of New York. Olympic Arms produces precision AR-15s for tactical purposes as well as hunting use. They are convinced that Cuomo’s new… Read more »
NYTimes Egan’s Peculiar Omission in Bashing Romney as ‘Olympic’ Flip-Flopper: Mitt’s 2002 Olympics Success
Former reporter turned New York Times columnist Timothy Egan's hostile anti-Mitt Romney column on Thursday had a peculiar omission. Egan insulted the likely Republican nominee by calling him an "Olympic" caliber flip-flopper, yet somehow managed not once to mention Romney's successful management as chief executive officer of the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. In… Read more »