OLYMPIC NEWS

On Wednesday May 29th during the SportAccord convention in St. Petersburg, Russia, the IOC cut the list of sports bidding for a spot in the 2020 Olympics to a shortlist of just three. They are 1) baseball/softball, 2) squash and 3) wrestling. The final decision on which sports federation will take up the 28th membership spot on the IOC will be made by the IOC 'general assembly' of over 100 members in Buenos Aires on September 8th. Here is the full schedule of events for then. Please follow @vote4squash and #vote4squash, like the facebook page and get all the latest news re the bid here. Also please VOTE FOR SQUASH in the GamesBids.com poll.

OLYMPIC VIDEOS

These videos all show how incredibly entertaining the sport is and how seriously the sport has taken the IOC in the quest to become Olympic: Broadcasting changes; What it would mean to our champions; Watch four of the world's best men play in London; Watch highlights from the latest Tournament of Champions in New York; As good a squash rally as you will ever see; Here is one of the best games ever by world number one, Ramy Ashour, in the recent British Open, squash's oldest tournament. And this video shows an emotional Ramy the next day winning squash's biggest prize (that same day he flew to St. Petersburg to present to the IOC): An emotional Ramy Ashour wins squash's oldest title; Just imagine how Ramy would react to winning Olympic Gold.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Moneyball

St. Louis Cardinals celebration immediately after winning the World Series
Last Friday night, the St. Louis Cardinals won their eleventh World Series Finals after a nail-biting seven game finale to the season. I was in downtown St. Louis that night-Washington Ave was a sea of red and white.  The celebration was ridiculous.  It reminded me of the Boston Red Sox win in 2004 where they came back from three games down against the Yankees and ultimately ended up winning their first world championship after almost a century of baseball, ending the curse of the Bambino.
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