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New Year – Old Poem – Great Sport

As it’s the start of a new year (not a new decade – isn’t that next year?), I thought the full sportsmanship poem is a good way to kick off the new year. Print it off. Pass it on. Use the poster. Let young and old read this inspirational poem about life and sport. Many [...]

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Not that You Won or lost but How You Played The Game

I found some words beautifully painted in old graphic letters in a frame that my parents kept in their bedroom in Dublin, Ireland: "For When the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He writes – not that you Won or Lost but How You Played the Game." Does anyone know who wrote [...]

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