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Russia's little hero: Ex-Cougar is invited to join Russia's Olympic camp
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Congrats to both you and your wife!
Enter to learn, go forth to serve.
Congrats on working to help people, Travis. I wish more people were like you. Good luck.
I saw you play at BYU and train in the Richards building... I enjoyed what I saw, but reading this article I have to admit... YOU ARE BIGGER then Basketball. Thanks for your example.
In 1988, still in the heat of the Cold War, in aprivate conversation Elder Nelson taught us a lesson. ^Manmade Borders* was a comment from him as we discussed BYU and MGU (Moscow State University)academic exchange possibilities.
If this opportunity to help Russians to excel in sports and humanitarian efforts requires you to have twin citizenship - then absolutely YES to you and your efforts.
Keep up the good work and continue to be an example!
AND do not worry what some little minded individuals may write in these columns, because just ONE smile from an orphan is wiorth more then a million dollars.
I served as a trainer for the Finnish Olympic team -72,�and attache Finnish Olympic team -02. In the church as a counselor to four mission presidents in Russia, Baltics when the work got started. - So, I know what I am talking about. You and your family are in our prayers.
GREAT NEWS!!!
Jussi
Jussi Kemppainen
Finland
GO UTES!
He shouldn't even be playing there to begin with.
In fact we should forbid any American from entering Russia.
Wait, really we should forbid any American to even enter any country that isn't there own.
Its just plain tacky to consider the idea of learning a forgein language, leaving our country or communicating with anyone who is of Russian decent.
See where this is going Cats?? Your comment oozes tacky.
People come from all over the world to the U.S., naturalize, consider themselves Americans and nobody every calls them tacky. Travis Hansen moves to Russia, falls in love with the people, helps countless orphans, has a chance to maybe play for Russia (the country where he has lived and worked for years) in the Olympics, and some people can only criticize.
To Basketball Junkie: so Kepkay is going to play for Canada. So what? There have been articles about him, too. Nobody was comparing Travis Hansen to him. In fact, this article was more about Travis's humanitarian work than about basketball.