Politics and sports, or bad sportsmanship?

Posted by Ron Kaplan on July 27, 2011 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

What was really behind the “swimmier’s boycott”?

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Categories: anti-Semitism, International sports, Israeli sports, Jews in the Olympics, RK rants, Sports and politics

Going swimmingly

Posted by Ron Kaplan on May 11, 2009 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

From Swimmingsworldmagazine.com, this item about Olympic medalist Jason Lezak and his efforts to aid the US team at the Maccabiah Games. Lezak, winner of seven Olympic medals in swimming and Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel (MUSA), the sponsor of the USA Maccabiah Team, announce today that they have partnered to create the MACCABI USA–Jason Lezak initiative. [...]

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Categories: Announcements, Jews in the Olympics, Maccabiah games