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Oct. 9 2009 - 4:09 pm | 16 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments

When did the Nobel become an everybody-gets-a-trophy league?

By BOB COOK

Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner, getting a participation award for being a president that, unlike his predecessor, wants to play nice with others.

Then again, Henry Kissinger also has one of these, so maybe the Nobel committee has always had a streak of making sure everybody gets a trophy. I think it also provides juice boxes and animal crackers at the awards ceremony.

bobbys-cameravideo-100My son and his bowling teammates, with their Nobel prizes.

 
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    A youth sports blog written by Bob Cook. He contributes to NBCSports.com, or MSNBC.com, if you prefer. He’s delivered sports commentaries for All Things Considered. For three years he wrote the weekly “Kick Out the Sports!” column for Flak Magazine.

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