Should Olympic athletes be gagged from commenting on politics during the Beijing Summer Games? The issue has erupted hard. It started Sunday when the Daily Mail reported that British Olympic chiefs were planning to force athletes to sign a contract... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Mon, Feb 11 2008
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