Sports
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Stadio Olimpico: Can Sports Heal the World? | Ramzy Baroud
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Friendly match between Roma and Raja Casablanca at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, on August 14, 2021. (Photo: Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2021 Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony. AS Roma and Raja Casablanca fans gathered in their thousands on a h ...
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The Politics of Cheering and Booing: On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics | Ramzy Baroud
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The flag of Palestine was carried into the 2016 Olympics by a Palestinian woman. (Photo: via Twitter) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 4, 2021 When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five ath ...
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ALL News is Fake News — Mickey Z.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 27, 2021 On July 20, 2021, the Milwaukee Bucks won the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship. Their MVP was Giannis Antetokounmpo, ...
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A DIY Little League Story (we’d all be canceled today) — Mickey Z.
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Yours truly, at maybe age 6, in Long Island City High School schoolyard Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 16, 2021 Growing up in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood — long before there was an i ...
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Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud
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French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...
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Ranting about lockdown casualties, participation trophies, and more — Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 13, 2021 While walking home from Astoria Park the other day, I passed Riccardo’s By the Bridge. (FYI: Nobody in Astoria ever called it anything other than “Riccardo’s ...
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One of Them Life-Flashing-Before-Your-Eyes Moments — Mickey Z.
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One-half of the "Fearsome Foursome": Tommy (a.k.a. “Buse”) and me at age 14 Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 19, 2021 Every now and then, if you’re the kind of person who pays close attention, the ...
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Long Before Serena, There Was Althea Gibson — Mickey Z.
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(public domain) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 16, 2021 Althea Gibson was one of the greatest and most important tennis players of all-time. Btw, she was female and she was black. In her 2003 obi ...
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Pre-COVID Life as a Gym Rat — Mickey Z.
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(BlackLabelArt) Mickey Z. — World News Trust March 14, 2021 Thanks to the COVID-19 (over)response, March 10, 2021, marked one full year since I had worked in-person as a fitness trainer. It was one f ...
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Hanging Out with Arnold at the Gym — Mickey Z.
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(YouTube screenshot) Mickey Z. — Worlds News Trust March 1, 2021 I recently told you a little about my gig at the Vertical Club (VC). Think of it as Studio 54 with bench pressing (or is that redundan ...
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That Time I Became Robin Hood — Mickey Z.
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Eduard Muzhevskyi / Science Photo Library Mickey Z. — World News Trust February 7, 2021 With “Robin Hood” in the news recently, it’s made me hark back to a time when I engaged in some “steal from the ...
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