WASHINGTON -- Shortly after Jesse Owens returned home from his snubbing by Adolph Hitler at the 1936 Olympics, he and Americas 17 other black Olympians found a less-than-welcoming reception from their own government, as well.On Thursday, relatives of those 1936 African-American Olympians will be welcomed to the White House and will get to shake the presidents hand -- an honor Owens and the others didnt receive, the way some of their white counterparts did, after they returned home from Berlin 80 years ago.U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun announced the visit Wednesday night at a Team USA Awards ceremony.That is why Im here 80 years later, to recognize the senselessness (of not inviting them to the White House), and to pay tribute to all the progress that has come since, Blackmun said.The announcement came on the same night the USOC invited Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were booted from the 1968 Olympics for their gloved-fist protest on the medals stand, to be part of the awards show. Smith and Carlos hadnt been involved in an official USOC event since being sent home from Mexico City. The gold- and bronze-medal-winning sprinters will be at the White House on Thursday, as well.At the 1936 Olympics , Owens won four gold medals, but it was the message Owens victories sent by winning in Nazi Germany and undercutting Hitlers white-supremacy dogma that stood as the lasting memory of those games.Owens returned to a segregated America where he had trouble finding steady work and where, according to his interviews in later years, the president, Franklin Roosevelt, never sent him any words of congratulations or an invitation to the White House.Decades later, Owens was acknowledged and honored at the White House. In 1976, President Gerald Ford presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.The stories of the other 17 blacks on that team were less-widely known. Thursdays event was meant to give a long-overdue White House recognition to those athletes, who accounted for 14 of Americas 56 medals in Berlin.Owens daughter, Marlene Owens-Rankin, will be among the relatives at the White House.To be able to go to the White House 80 years later with Barack Obama as president and also with the other 1936 Olympians that really didnt get the exposure that my grandfather did, for various reasons, I think it would make him so happy, said Owens granddaughter, Marlene Dortch.Lee Roy Selmon Jersey . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. Indias Shiv Chowrasia, who has finished runner-up in this tournament twice, was in second place after a 66. Cheap Buccaneers Jerseys . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. http://www.cheapbuccaneersjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-warren-sapp-jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jerseys China . Denis Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please. Cheap Buccaneers Jerseys Authentic . During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula.KASAOKA, Japan -- Australias Brendan Jones shot a 4-under 68 on Sunday to win the Mizuno Open and earn a spot in the field for the British Open. The 38-year-old Jones, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead over South Koreas Kim Tae-kyung, eagled the par-5 No. 6 at the Setonaikai Golf Club and added five birdies against three bogeys to finish at 19-under 269. Kim finished three strrokes back in second after a 69.dddddddddddd Jones collected $221,000 for his first win in Japan since winning the Sun Chlorella Classic in July 2012. Makoto Inoue was third, six strokes off the pace after a 68. With his 13th win on the Japan tour, Jones reached $8.5 million in total earnings to surpass American David Ishii as the leading non-Japanese money winner on the tour.Cheap JerseysChe strrokes back in second after a 69.ddddddddWholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' '