Tommie Smith

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Sports World Full of Obama Fans
 Sports World 
 Full of Obama Fans 
OPINION

Sports World Full of Obama Fans

Usually politically quiet, sports stars come out in favor of new prez

(Newser) - Barack Obama's powers of inspiration and unification reach beyond the political world: "All around the country, athletes responded to the new president," Gwen Knapp writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. The inauguration sparked tears from big men who take physical punishment for a living, and Obama's rise has...

'68 Olympics Salute Shouldn't Be Glorified
 '68 Olympics Salute
 Shouldn't Be
 Glorified
OPINION

'68 Olympics Salute Shouldn't Be Glorified

(Newser) - Last week ESPN honored athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, famous for their  ‘black power’ salute at the ’68 Olympic games, with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the network’s ESPYs award ceremony. LA Times commentator Jonah Goldberg outlines what he considers the highly dubious implications of...

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