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Is Life Fair?

Lots of times growing up, I can remember thinking life just isn’t fair.  For example, I remember my dad not allowing me to practice the day before my Pleasantville (NY) junior varsity basketball game against Pelham.  I was in the … Continue reading

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Is the Olympic Ideal Dying?

More than sixty years ago, my father, Dr. Charles Bucher, wrote an article that appeared in The Reader’s Digest.  Dad was a Professor at New York University and the author of more than twenty textbooks on the subject of physical … Continue reading

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Thanks Dad

My dad, Dr. Charles Augustus Bucher, was a Professor of Education at New York University and later at the University of Nevada of Las Vegas.  In addition to serving on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, he was … Continue reading

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Restoring the Olympic Ideal

What is the Olympic ideal?  Is it countries competing with each other in various sports every four years?  That sounds pretty close to what we have now, but it is a far cry from what Pierre de Coubertin had in … Continue reading

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