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LeRoy Walker was a man of Olympian achievement - tribunedigital ...  Apr 24, 2012 ... The day Dr. LeRoy Walker, then 74, became the first black president of the U.S. ... not long after Walker had criticized the USOC-backed idea of having NBA and ... Head coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic men's track and field team. ... the Olympic track teams of Israel, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and...
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LeRoy T. Walker - Wikipedia  LeRoy T. Walker (June 14, 1918  April 23, 2012) was the first black president of the United States Olympic Committee. In the 1996 Olympics, Walker was delegated to lead a 10,000 member group ... In addition to coaching NCCU, he coached track teams from other countries. Israel and Ethiopia in 1960, Trinidad and...
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LeRoy T. Walker, U.S. Olympic Committee's First Black President, Is ...  Apr 24, 2012 ... At North Carolina Central, LeRoy T. Walker coached Olympic ... When he marched into Atlanta's Olympic Stadium as U.S.O.C. president at the ... but not necessarily of LeRoy Walker helping to produce a Calhoun. ... He advised or coached Olympic teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Israel, Jamaica, and Trinidad...
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LeRoy Walker, USOC's first black chairman, dies - ESPN.com  Apr 23, 2012 ... LeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday. ... not likely to host another games for a long time after Salt Lake City. ... He coached Olympic teams from Ethiopia, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya and Trinidad...
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LeRoy Tashreau Walker - Encyclopedia.com  LeRoy Tashreau Walker  Encyclopedia.com has LeRoy Tashreau Walker ... as president and chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee in 1992. ... His mother, Mary, always told him not to worry about the difficulties and to ... men's coach for the U.S. track and field team at the Montreal Olympic Games.
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Dennis Mitchell is still the USATF relay coach, from EME News, with ...  Apr 5, 2016 ... INDIANAPOLIS (USA): Dennis Mitchell will stay on as the American ... It makes USA Track & Field look like they will do anything to win a medal.
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Ex-Olympians Have Taken Diverse Paths Some Still in Training ...  Jul 27, 1997 ... The tiny Olympic gymnast is dutifully swathed in Danskin clothing ... Strug, 19, is sitting barefoot in a desk chair, and her feet do not touch the floor. ... HOUSTON - It is a Saturday afternoon at the Galleria, and Kerri Strug is making what is .... Mia Hamm (team gold) continues to play for the U.S. national team...
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Winter Olympian Luger Patrick Singleton of Bermuda Bio : Bernews ...  Bio of Bermuda winter olympian Patrick Singleton who competes in luge & skeleton Bermudian olympic athlete Patrick Singleton 1998 2002 Olympics luger Burmuda. ... not only for being a one man team as the sole representative for our country, ... at the Salt Lake City Olympics who wore shorts at the Opening Ceremony.
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Moceanu accuses Karolyis of abuse - latimes  Jul 23, 2008 ... Former U.S. Olympian Dominique Moceanu, who at 14 was part of the ... on an "HBO Real Sports" report that first aired Tuesday night in which she ... She failed to make the team and tried a comeback in 2006, but injuries got in the way. ... Kim Zmeskal Burdette, who was coached by Bela Karolyi when she...
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Woulda, Coulda, and the Real Story Behind the Redeem Team ...  Jul 31, 2012 ... The headline of the article  LeBron: We Would Beat Dream Team ... has joined Kobe Bryant in saying that he believes this year's Team USA ... This is not to place blame on those involved with the 2004 Olympic ... After all, the 2004 team employed such stars as Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, and...
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United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ... These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California, the home state of the country's president, ..... Twenty cyclists, sixteen men and four women, represented the United States in 1984.
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Willie Davenport - Military Leader, Track and Field Athlete ...  Feb 5, 2016 ... American track star Willie Davenport won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and competed at the 1980 Winter Games with the U.S. bobsled team. ... There was a myth that blacks couldn't make the Winter Olympics. ... Not long after, Davenport and fellow track and field athlete Jeff Gadley were...
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Willie Davenport - Wikipedia  William "Willie" D. Davenport (June 8, 1943  June 17, 2002) was an American sprint runner. ... In 1980 he took part in the Winter Olympics as a runner for the American ... in the Winter Olympics, he was the only U.S. track and field athlete to participate in the ... Davenport was a U.S. Army private at the time of his first Olympic...
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Jeopary Questions page 2248 - B.C. TIMES - TriviaBistro.com  THE CALENDAR: The U.S. team almost arrived late to the 1896 Olympics because this host country still used the old style calendar  U.S. NEWSPAPERS: Name...
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U.S. Women's Soccer Goal There for Taking - latimes  Aug 1, 1996 ... ATLANTA 1996 OLYMPICS | Today's Closeup : Soccer ... Memo II to NBC: Almost forgot--the Americans will play for the gold medal. ... and Kerri Strug dancing to "YMCA"--the U.S. women's soccer team ... that one was played without forward Mia Hamm, the best U.S. player, ... Seizure Led to FloJo's Death...
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ATLANTA 1996 :: The Legacy Institution of the Atlanta 1996 ...  Jul 25, 2012 ... Athletes in training at the DITC prepare for the Olympic games and proudly ... (WUOC) was co-founded by the cities of Athens and Lausanne and by former ... includes cities that won the bid to host future Olympic Games (London 2012, ... Co-Chairman (1991-1996) of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic...
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NBC Olympics to have record 170 commentators for Rio Games ...  Jul 5, 2016 ... NBC Olympics will have 170 commentators for the Rio Games, a record amount for a single Olympics. ... Marc Zumoff, Play-by-Play (Women's) ... Field Hockey .... VIDEO: Phelps in 'Call of Duty' trailer ... It says the Karolyis, and the current and former presidents of USA Gymnastics knew of molestations...
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February 8, 1968 - Team Manager Forbids World Ice Queen to Give ...  Team Manager Forbids World Ice Queen to Give Press Interviews. 3 Feb 8, 1968. Peggy Fleming, the United States favorite for the Olympic gold medal in figure...
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Red, White and Bronze: The death and rebirth of USA Basketball, an ...  Aug 2, 2016 ... An oral history of the U.S. men's basketball team at the 2004 Athens Olympics .... Carmelo Anthony, Stephon Marbury and Richard Jefferson sit on the bench ..... we got a bunch of letters from the governor and fans while we were there. ... Nelson: When I was coaching and trying to help them win a medal,...
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Bob Costas - Wikipedia  Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s, who has been the prime-time host of twelve Olympic games. Costas does play-by-play for MLB Network, and hosts an interview show ... At age 22, he went to KMOX, calling play-by-play for the Spirits of St. Louis of...
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The First 50 Years - President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition  Sports: educational material, sit-ups, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Depending ... 10673, establishing the President's Council on Youth Fitness in July 1956. ... Chair  President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1967-1978 . . . . . . . .13 ..... of the Department of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan in May 1990.