DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, June 17, 2015 morning
-- Deaf Russia as usual
Going on right now is European Deaf Soccer championships.
Russia just forfeited the game with Great Britain. Why?
They were using an ineligible player, who was fake-deaf.
This is an old story; Russia for years have been caught
using fake-deaf athletes in Deaflympics and in
international deaf sports championship events. And
making it worse is that the Deaflympics president
is a Russian!
-- 45 years too late at Omaha baseball stadium
Yesterday's DeafDigest mentioned that TD Ameritrade
agreed to caption, install loops and provide
interpreters at its baseball stadium in Omaha
(College Baseball World Series). It was 45 years
too late. Two deaf brothers went to a ball game
in Omaha. The public announcement system gave
a message warning fans to leave the game early
to catch the last bus. The two deaf brothers
didn't know. It was late at night; bus
service stopped - and they had to walk
several miles in darkness to get to their home.
Their deaf parents stood up all night worried
about their missing deaf sons!
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