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...What's ironic about all this is that the Mormons, by preserving in its purest form the Greco-Roman worship of the body, have in some ways outstripped the Olympic athletes themselves. Good health is no longer, and hasn't been for some time now, an Olympic ideal. Performance trumps all. Between their indulgence in harrowing training regimens that warp young athletes' sexual development and the widespread use of drugs and supplements meant to induce short bursts of speed and power, a lot of today's would-be medallists might be regarded, in Mormon terms, as defiled and deficient...
...Patriots are an exception in today’s self-obsessed sports world; they exhibit teamwork and unity rather than selfishness and sniping. The team is comprised of many hard-working, blue-collar athletes, from Tedy Bruschi to Roman Pfifer to Troy Brown...
...move to L.A., where he grew up. In fact, he's got a post-9/11 red-white-and-blue tattoo that says nyc on his forearm below a cross and a Corvette logo, a tribute to his car-salesman dad. Though he's a practicing Roman Catholic, he is not, as rumor has it, a born-again Christian, as evidenced by his cursing, drinking and being friends with Jimmy Kimmel...
...Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” (History...
...first time since the Roman Empire, much of Europe is covered under a single currency, and pundits everywhere are commenting on the effect the euro will have on economics and on political integration in Europe. But they are not focusing on one of the most important aspects of the euro—its look...