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SCATTERGOOD: Week 2 Recap of The Olympics and Closing Preview

By Libby Scattergood August 19, 2016

With such an eventful second (and final) week of Olympic action, where does one even begin? I suppose a nice place to start would be noting what appears to be a very secure first-place lead on the part...

SCATTERGOOD: Week 1 Recap of The Olympics

By Libby Scattergood August 13, 2016

The Opening Ceremony was not reflective of this year's Games overall. I feel the need to provide this disclaimer because apparently many viewers were less than impressed – if not straight-up disappointed...

SCATTERGOOD: It’s Time to Stop Roasting Rio and Start Applauding Our Athletes

By Libby Scattergood August 5, 2016

Why complain when there’s so much to celebrate? Records have already been broken The Olympic Games take place in an athletic arena notorious for domination by men — only 25 of the 126 International...

SCATTERGOOD: Team USA Olympic Preview

By Libby Scattergood July 22, 2016

Much has happened leading up to the kickoff of the 2016 Summer Olympics, particularly the International Olympic Committee upholding the ban on Russia’s participation in track and field events this year....

SCATTERGOOD: Russia’s Track Team Benched for Doping

By Libby Scattergood July 8, 2016

The USA is no stranger to the tradition of professional and amateur athletes’ use of performance-enhancing drugs, an issue that has discredited Olympic medalists, All-Star outfielders and other world...

SCATTERGOOD: The Summer Olympics Need to Be Relocated Out of Rio

By Libby Scattergood June 10, 2016

One of my fondest freshman-year memories to date was in February 2014, when Alice Kerr invited our orientation group to come to her house and watch the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Sochi,...

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