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Separating Sport and State

05:56 PM ET 07.20

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While I understand while many are calling for the boycott of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, I do not agree with it. It's easy for people who are sitting at home watching news footage of Monks in Tibet being beaten and start to cry for boycott. Just the same, they need to think about what kind of baggage a decision like that would bring. Athletes who've trained their entire lives for an event that only takes place every 4 years and lasts two weeks would have their dreams for glory quickly ended. Millions of dollars would be lost in sponsorship and…

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Why Tiger Woods is the greatest athlete ever

04:12 PM ET 07.10

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Despite his brilliance, Hank Aaron did not change the game of baseball. I should say, he didn't change the rules. He is the best ever baseball player, but America's pastime is no different now that his career is over than when it began.Michael Jordan was without a doubt the greatest player of his generation and will probably be remembered as the best ever. He won championships and scoring titles as easily as he laced up his sneakers. Still, they did not heighten the net to make it harder for him to dunk as a way to help his peers who were struggling to defend…

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Sox are the new Yanks?

12:44 PM ET 07.09

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While the World Series wins didn't pour in like they did for their brotherin to the south, Red Sox fans pre-2004 always seemed to be the happiest in all of sports. While their agony was quite apparent and well publicised, there was a certain charm about them. They loved their players and celebrated every acheivement like it was a world series win (due to the ever-present feeling that a world championship was never going to materialise). Despite a glaring lack of rings on Red Sox fingers, Boston became known as the greatest baseball town in the world, America's…

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