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The Sports Examiner: John Carlos’ 1968 awards-stand U.S. team jacket sells at auction for $500,200!

February 24, 2025 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The jacket worn by 1968 Olympic men’s 200 m bronze medalist John Carlos on the awards stand in Mexico City while he and gold medalist Tommie Smith raised their fists in their […]

The Sports Examiner: Coverage of U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials shows protests are perceived as more important than performances

June 29, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● If you are a track & field fan who thinks the sport has a chance to once again raise its profile and popularity in the U.S., guess again. […]

The Sports Examiner: IOC Athletes’ Commission recommends no protests on podium or ceremonies at Games; sanctions deferred to Legal Commission

April 22, 2021 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● “Essentially, nothing really changes for athletes as far as field-of–play, ceremonies, podiums are concerned; everything remains the same as far as that angle is concerned, is that correct? “That’s correct.” That […]

The Sports Examiner: PanAm Sports Rule 50 forum asks “what does the Olympic Games become?” as John Carlos notes he first saw racism in swimming

August 3, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The seeds of the iconic 1968 medal-stand protest following the men’s 200 m at the Mexico City Olympic Games started in a swimming pool in New York, and […]

The Sports Examiner: Only half-baked: U.S. athlete statement demands that they must be heard, then asks to form a committee

June 28, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● The breathless announcement on Twitter came at 9:12 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday (27th), stating “The USOPC AAC and John Carlos call on the IOC and the IPC […]

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The Sports Examiner: Protest or not to protest? The IOC’s choices are hardly black or white; maybe John Carlos had the answer back in 1968

June 19, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● In all eight editions of his brilliant The Complete Book of the Olympics, famed historian David Wallechinsky ended his review of the 1968 men’s 200 meters and the […]

The Sports Examiner: It isn’t easy being an Olympic athlete in almost any sport, and even harder decisions are coming soon

June 1, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● It’s hard enough to be an Olympic athlete, especially from hyper-competitive teams like the United States, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere. It got harder with the […]

The Sports Examiner: Edwin Moses is right when he says protests can’t be stopped, but neither can the blowback

February 10, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● While the Tokyo organizers fret about the potential impact of the expanding coronavirus threat to this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan, discussions about the International Olympic Committee’s guidelines […]

The Sports Examiner: Bach beams as IOC’s Athletes’ Commission issues athlete protest regulations for Tokyo 2020

January 13, 2020 Rich Perelman 0

● From our sister site, TheSportsExaminer.com ● In late 1981, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch sent a letter to German fencer Thomas Bach and others, stating “I have decided to create an IOC […]