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• 15 February 2011 at 10 : 35 AM

  Black Power Salute Olympian Tommie Smith, Puts His Gold Medal Up For Auction For $250k???

  Posted by Sports Session in Front Page Features , Olympics 0

  

  Former Olympian Tommie Smith is selling the gold medal he won at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where his Black Power salute on the podium shocked the sports world.  The former San Jose State runner has put his gold medal for the 200 meters and spikes up for auction at New York-based M.I.T. Memorabilia. The bid starts at $250,000, and the ...

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• 13 September 2010 at 10 : 20 AM

  Monday Morning Sports Session – 9/13/2010

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  Virginia Tech Ruined Any Hope of a National Title Shot For Boise State. The Hokies embarrassed themselves this weekend by losing to James Madison at home; it probably had a lot to do with the short week after having just played on Monday.  It is no excuse though; the Hokies have a lot more talent than James Madison and dropped the ball big time in ...

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• 24 February 2010 at 10 : 06 AM

  Hall of Fail: Sven Kramer’s Speed Skating 10,000 Meter Blunder Costs Him a Gold Medal

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  Sven Kramer, the speed skating skating sensation from the Netherlands who earlier had won the 5,000 meters at the Richmond Oval, did the unthinkable: skate the last eight laps of the 10,000 meters in the same lane as Russia's: Ivan Skobrev. Sven, how could you? How could you have thrown away the gold medal by failing to change lanes and skate on the ...

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