An Interview with Conor Heffernan and Anita DeFrantz: Sports History and U.S. Women's Weightlifting1/10/2023  Join Anita DeFrantz and Professor Conor Heffernan as they discuss sports history and the legacy of women's weightlifting in the USA.
Mr. Heffernan is currently a lecturer at Ulster University in Belfast, and is a former Assistant Professor of Physical Culture and Sports Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Heffernan can be contacted on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conor-heffernan-8405b31b0/
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An Interview with Professor Victoria Harms and Anita DeFrantz: LA84, the Cold War, and LA281/10/2023  Please join us for an hour of education and sports history with the Olympic Medalist and IOC Member, Anita L. DeFrantz, and Professor Victoria Harms of Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Harms is a visiting assistant professor at Johns Hopkins, and is currently engaged in works concerning LA84 and the Cold War.
In this interview, Anita and the Professor speak about LA84, its legacy, and of course, the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games. Professor Harms can be contacted on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-harms-5769801b1/  Dear friends, this holiday season in 2022, we have much to be grateful and thankful for. I'm sending my prayers and hearty Christmas greetings to you all. May you receive the most special of God’s blessings during this amazing Christmas season!
- Anita  Mentoring youth is one of my favorite passions in life, for our young people are our future. Eternal gratitude to Sabina Pierce, one of the most talented photographers I've ever had the pleasure of meeting!
Be sure to review Sabina's other works here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabinashoots/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabinalouisepierce/ Website: www.sabinashoots.com #Sports #IOC #OlympicGames #Olympics #USOPC #AnitaDeFrantz  Come on, France, you can do better. This is just another modern example of the effects of globalism and trade, and why I for one wish for manufacturing to return to the West; specifically, to the United States too! I understand this is easier said than done, though. What are your thoughts on returning manufacturing back to the West - is it possible? Should it be attempted?
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20221117-paris-olympic-mascots-made-in-china-label-spark-outcry "Peace Hat and Little Girl" by Tony Fischer Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0.  Kamila Valieva - a teenaged figure skating star from Russia, faces a four year ban on competing due to a positive test for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). Drug use in Sport for me has always been a big no-no; it ruins the concept of open competition on a fair playing field, destroys the hard work and training by un-enhanced competitors, and abuses the spirit of the Olympic Games. In addition, I find the practice of doping to be highly divisive.
Kamila Valieva faces a four year ban on competing due to her drug test results - but is it enough? There have been murmurs of introducing lifetime bans for doping offenses. What are your thoughts? ORIGINAL STORY: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/11/14/kamila-valieva-doping-figure-skating/ "Staraya Russa, Russia" by Lex Kravetski is licensed under CC BY 2.0.  This is a historical moment to be sure, but it brings back a topic of discussion which I'm approached with from time to time: should eSports and video games be recognized as Olympic sports? Or Olympic events? Although my public opinion has been clear on this topic for years now (I don't consider video games or eSports to be in the same category as traditional, physically demanding sports), I am interested in the direction that the IOC has taken with regards to eSports. But what do you think? Should video games and/or eSports be recognized alongside traditional physical sports?
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-confirms-singapore-as-host-of-first-olympic-esports-week-in-june-2023 "Gamer" by ulricaloeb is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Hints of Russians’ Return to International Sports Rekindle Debate Over Their Exclusion: Report10/31/2022  From the article:
Thomas Bach, the leader of the International Olympic Committee, has said that sport needs to find a means for building peace and communication. His member organizations are saying, “Not yet." READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/sports/olympics/paris-russia-ban-ioc.html  Mr. Troy Vincent believes so - and in my opinion, offers a passionate and compelling argument.
READ MORE HERE: https://www.nfl.com/news/op-ed-flag-is-football-s-future-and-it-belongs-in-the-olympics |
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