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Greek Athlete Kicked Off Olympic Team For Tweet
TechCrunch· 1 decade agoVoula Papachristou, Greece's triple-jump champion, was barred from competing in the London Olympic Games by the Hellenic Olympic Committee after an...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Olympic Athlete Kicked Out Of Games For Tweet
TechCrunch· 1 decade agoMichael Morganella, a defender on the Swiss Olympic soccer squad, has been kicked off the team for...
Lolo Jones Offends With Tweet About Guns And Americans
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 decade agoLolo Jones did not score any awards for a recent tweet about the London Olympics, in which she...
Lithuanian Fan Convicted For Taunting Nigerian Opponents With 'Monkey Sounds,' Nazi Salute
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 decade agoA man seen flashing a racist hand signal became the first person to be convicted of a racially...
Should Olympians Be Allowed To Tweet During The Games? (POLL)
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 decade agoWhether the 2012 Summer Olympics in London are cursed with poor sportsmanship or just more visibility, there have been quite a few instances of athletes with bad behavior. More specifically, ...
Football Player Kicked Off Team For Racist, Anti-Obama Tweet
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 decade agoBradley Patterson, a football player for the University of North Alabama, was kicked off the team after he tweeted a message containing a racial slur about President Barack Obama on Sunday, ...