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How two Texans had their Olympic dreams dashed 40 years ago
Texans Bob Coffman, a decathlete, and Jill Rankin Schneider, a top-level basketball player, had their dreams of competing in the 1980 Olympics dashed when President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the 1980 games in Moscow as Cold War retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. They still think about the 'What if.'
Sports are in the midst of a catastrophic moment. The NBA became the first sports league to suspend operations two weeks ago in response to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Since then, March Madness was cancelled, the MLB was pushed back and all spring collegiate sports were shelved. Spring college football practices are all but lost.
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