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August 22, 2012 by David Gillaspie
OR, How About Some Miss Itminan Choudhury love for MICHAEL PHELPS, KBE The London Olympics sent athletes home with gold, …
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Category: China, England, history, Oregon Sports News, sports
| Tags: boomer generation, British Empire, Cabinet Office, culture, England, honor, Horse Guards Road, KBE, knighthood, London, Michael Phelps, Olympic, Olympic Games, people
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August 15, 2012 by David Gillaspie
YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT Coming down from the London Olympics is like the day after the Super …
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Category: basketball, Oregon Sports News, southern states, sports
| Tags: Charles Barkley, choices, college wrestling, competition, culture, deegeesbb, humor, NBA, Olympic, Olympic Games, oregon sports news, people, Shaquille O'Neal, sports writer, Super Bowl, Terrell Owens
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August 9, 2012 by David Gillaspie
ARE CHINESE OLYMPIANS BETTER? CHECK THE MEDAL COUNT The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat looks the same …
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Category: sports
| Tags: China, competition, culture, London Olympics, nationalism, Olympic, Olympic Games, Oregon, Podium, sports, sports writer, United States, Winter Games
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July 17, 2012 by David Gillaspie
The sports fan follows rules different from the rest of humanity. Laws that govern general behavior apply to all, but …
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Category: books, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: athletes, athletics, BALCO, Barry Bonds, cheating, Marion Jones, Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza, morals, Olympic, Olympic Games, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, scandal, sports
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June 27, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Every state can boast qualities that transfer to sports, especially with the variety of Olympic sports. But even on that …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Don Schollander, eugene oregon, Galen Rupp, Hayward Field, Mary Decker Slaney, Michael Phelp, Michael Phelps, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic sports, Olympic Trials, Oregon, Oregonian, running, sports, Steve Prefontaine, swimming
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April 7, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Good Parenting Makes The Difference (also posted on oregonsportsnews.com) Children of great athletes often try their parents’ sport. Muhammad Ali’s …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: competition, David Gillaspie, fencing, Gold medal, Joe Frazier, John Elway, Mariel Zagunis, Olympic, Olympic Games, Oregon, oregon sports news, sports, Tiger Woods, University of Notre Dame, writer
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