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  • Maine's Redneck Olympics Threatened with Lawsuit[U S Olympic Committee]

    08/10/2011 6:37:12 PM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 51 replies
    MPBN ^ | 08/10/2011 | Jay Field
    The U.S. Olympic Committee is threatening to sue the Maine man who put on a unique sporting event last weekend. Nearly 3,000 people turned out for the Redneck Olympics. The event featured a series of competitions and ended with the roasting of 12 pigs. But USOC officials say the organizer violated the law by using the word "olympics" in his event's title. This is a story about David---in this case Harold Brooks of Hebron, Maine--and Goliath, the United States Olympic Committee. It all began last weekend on 200 acres of land near Brooks's home. "We call it the Redneck Olympics,...