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Photo (partial): Tibet supporter Ken Cook, of Sonoma, California, argues with a pro-China supporter at Justin Plaza in San Francisco, California, as they wait for the Olympic flame to pass, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./Sacramento Bee/MCT)
Baptized by Fire: The Persistent Politics of the Olympic GamesFrom the Cheap Seats[28 April 2008] by Tobias PetersonPopMatters Sports Editor The Olympic torch should remain a beacon to those who can appreciate the true power that sports have in forcing us to consider the political reality of the world we all, athletes included, share.
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Discipline and Punish: The Official FunctionsTobias Peterson07.Feb.08 Like characters in some morality play, referees are greeted with boos, taunts, profanity, and, on occasion, worse.
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Nice article, but Brown did not pull out of the opening ceremony in protest, he was never going to go. It was just his media incompetence that meant it was reported as so.
Comment by Alex Walter from Nottingham, UK — April 28, 2008 @ 9:29 am