From the Olympic Village to Little League fields, sports still hold America together
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Winter Olympics in Milan from Feb. 6-22 demonstrate how sports create civic habits Americans need, arguing competition without hatred builds stronger democracy.
The Games do not deny conflict, of course, but they show how it can be bound. And they reveal how sports can be a diplomatic language when politics fail. Frederick J. Ryan Jr. is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, and director of the Ronald Reagan Center on Civility and Democracy.
As we watch the world’s great athletes gather in Milan, we should carry the Olympic spirit beyond our television screens and into our Little League fields, school gyms, community leagues and even our most contentious civic spaces. Our legislators should carry that spirit into the halls of Congress and their state capitols. We should apply its lessons of rivalry without hatred and national pride without resentment to how we live alongside one another at home.
The Olympics began in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago as an opportunity for the citizens of Greek city-states to come together, display their athletic prowess and trade truly violent conflict — ubiquitous at the time — for rules-based sport. Rulers instituted the "Olympic Truce," ensuring safe participation for the duration of the games.
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Winter Olympics in Milan from Feb. 6-22 demonstrate how sports create civic habits Americans need, arguing competition without hatred builds stronger democracy.
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