The team has now been selected.
But, before even so much as an exhibition game has been contested, the US Olympic Basketball coach has already begun to set the groundwork for explaining not coming home with the top prize.
“It’s really the world’s game. We think we’re the best at playing that game,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski, warning that “unless we show the respect to the rest of the world that it is the world’s game” there will be no gold medal.
We wonder, how should the US team go about showing respect to the rest of the world that basketball is in fact the world's game?
And, we also wonder if Kryshevalski would have already begun a campaign of preemptive excuses if his roster included any caucazoidal players.
Certainly, sending the most evil, polarizing coach available; a coach renowned the world over for meticulously extracting and removing the NBA potential from his players, and letting him coach NBA players...is one way of showing the world we respect the game.
This can't possibly turn out well for the Nation.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Russia Awarded 2014 Winter Olympics
A little Russian sea resort town called Sochi won the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
This "victory" for Sochi continues the pattern of ignoring sub-Saharan Africa as a potential host for the Olympiad.
The continuous act of purposefully and willfully ignoring sub-Saharan Africa sends a clear message to the millions of people living on the continent: We don't want you in the Winter Olympics.
Theoretically, the Olympics is supposed to be an inclusive and unifying event. A time to lay down differences and compete for the joy of competition. A time to celebrate athleticism and fairness. A time for the world to come together as one. Can you think of a more inclusive and unifying event than the opening ceremony of the Olympics? All the teams lining up and coming together in harmony and friendship?
Well, all the teams but those originating in sub-Saharan Africa.
The IOC's (and by proxy, the world's) continued turning of their backs to the prospect of a sub-Saharan African city hosting the Winter Olympics is a clear indication of the continued bias and prejudice still rampant in this world.
We at NOIS hope for and await the day that we shall see ALL countries included in these Olympiads.
And, we await the day that the IOC approves and supports sending its members' athletes to ski in sub-Saharan Africa.
This "victory" for Sochi continues the pattern of ignoring sub-Saharan Africa as a potential host for the Olympiad.
The continuous act of purposefully and willfully ignoring sub-Saharan Africa sends a clear message to the millions of people living on the continent: We don't want you in the Winter Olympics.
Theoretically, the Olympics is supposed to be an inclusive and unifying event. A time to lay down differences and compete for the joy of competition. A time to celebrate athleticism and fairness. A time for the world to come together as one. Can you think of a more inclusive and unifying event than the opening ceremony of the Olympics? All the teams lining up and coming together in harmony and friendship?
Well, all the teams but those originating in sub-Saharan Africa.
The IOC's (and by proxy, the world's) continued turning of their backs to the prospect of a sub-Saharan African city hosting the Winter Olympics is a clear indication of the continued bias and prejudice still rampant in this world.
We at NOIS hope for and await the day that we shall see ALL countries included in these Olympiads.
And, we await the day that the IOC approves and supports sending its members' athletes to ski in sub-Saharan Africa.
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