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Adrienne Ross

Adrienne Ross is owner of Adrienne Ross Communications and a former Southeast Missourian editorial board member.

Lessons from Rio

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

While the world is watching the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, it's a good time to share a couple valuable observations these Games reveal. Sports have always had the ability to teach and inspire. That's one reason people raise Hades when cuts to school funding slash the athletics program. Anyone who has played or coached knows there is no such thing as "just a game." It's so much more. The Olympics, therefore, the pinnacle of athletics, are a great capacity to provide us with words of wisdom. I'll share two.

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