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The Olympics: Local Standouts

7/26/2021

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​What are the chances that you could become an Olympic athlete? As of today, the US is sending 621 athletes across 36 sports to Tokyo. While historians are not known for our math skills, this intern has calculated that one has a 0.00019% chance of becoming an Olympian. But look on the bright side, according to USA swimming your chances to become a US Olympic swimmer or diver are hovering at an *attainable* 0.00013%. Against these odds, 10,931 men and women from the U.S. have gone on to represent the Stars and Stripes on the Olympic stage. This blog will go on to recognize and celebrate the Olympians that have been produced locally.

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Politics and Sports

7/26/2021

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​“Stick to sports.” 
“Politics don’t belong in sports.” 
“Shut up and dribble.” 
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If you have followed basketball, football, soccer, or really any sports in the last couple of years, you know that the issue of politics and sports has been a hot-button issue. We’re not here to convince you one way or the other, but you should know that politics and sports have long been intertwined. Here is one such story....

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The Olympics: A Brief History

7/19/2021

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​The Tokyo Olympics are almost upon us! But how much do you know about the history of the games? 
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Greece’s Ancient Olympic Games were held at the temple of Zeus in Olympia, hence why they are known as the Olympic games. Meant as a religious festival to honor Zeus, every four years the warring Greek City-States were meant to lay down their arms for the sporting event. While the ceasefires never really happened, the Olympic games were a message of peace in a time of war. 

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Welcome to the Internet!

7/12/2021

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​YouTube has millions of videos for someone to choose and watch. Topics range from cooking to gaming, pets to gardening, and everything in between. Even in the historical field, there are thousands of videos on a variety of different topics, so much so that you could never watch all the videos that YouTube holds in a lifetime!

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All Gave Some

7/5/2021

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​“Universal” means “of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.” 

If you’ve ever been a part of an organization, a council, board of directors, or a team, you probably know how difficult it is to get everyone on the same page. People have different ideas and strategies of how to approach a problem. There is rarely a “universal” solution.

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