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Brisbane 2032 Bid Reaches Milestone 04/08/21 (ATR) In the week when Seoul announced a proposal to jointly host an Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032 with South and North Korea, Brisbane quietly delivered its latest 2032 submission to the IOC. Brisbane, Australia (Wikimedia Commons) This milestone in the IOC’s “targeted dialogue” phase with Queensland’s Capital City required the Australians to provide firmer detail on their plans to organize the Olympics and Paralympics. Brisbane and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) are playing their cards close to their chest. Australian org...

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FIBA.basketball Nauris Miezis named FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2020 MVP RIGA (Latvia) - Nauris Miezis was named MVP of the 9th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour by his peers on December 30, 2020.    The jury of 108 players who competed at the World Tour in 2020 rewarded the 29-year-old Latvian after a stellar season, which saw him win 2 individual awards (Doha Masters and Jeddah Final MVP) and 3 team trophies with Team Riga (Hungary and Doha Masters, Jeddah Final).  Miezis elevated his game in the money time this season. He led all players on the Tour with 3 different Tissot buzzer beaters (nobo...

Columnist Nanci Bond of Williamsburg, Virginia, is an aficionado of figure skating. She can tell you when an axel jump was perfect, a Waltz jump not adequate, or a toe loop only so-so. Whenever an important international competition is taking place and is broadcast on TV, she brings it to my attention. After all, my wife, and I lived in Lake Placid, known as the winter sports capital of the United States, the site of two Winter Olympics and the training ground of many U.S. figure skaters who became Olympic champions. What made Lake Placid so well-known across the country is the “Miracle o...

>> john: so we raised the price of used cars. >> we reduce the cars given to charity. we barely affected the environment and we spent several billion dollars. >> why doesn't the government butt out? >> you can't create a program that is going to make everybody happy. the larger goal for cash for clunkers were hoonlable. >> he can leave with that but can taxpayers? on to promise number nine, congress must guarantee americans a living wage, only fair. protestors and politicians agree wages should be higher. >> its fairness issue. >> john: for years it was $5.15 an hour. congress raised it to 7.2...