It was fifty years ago today- July 20, 1968- the first Special Olympics was held at Soldier Field in Chicago. The event was organized by Eunice Kennedy Shriver the wife […]
On this day in 1980 the Games of the XXII Olympiad opened in Moscow. It is most noted in America as being the games the United States- President Jimmy Carter […]
It was fifty years ago today June 20th, 1968- at the U.S. National Championships in Hughes Stadium- Sacramento, California- U.S. sprinter Jim Hines with a time of 9.9 became the […]
On this day in 1936 the Berlin Olympics or Hitler Olympics began. Dark days- Hitler put on a show for the world that is for sure. But something great came […]
I have written a number of times on the USA hockey “Miracle On Ice” in 1980- the greatest sporting event I have ever seen. Not only their beating the […]
On this day in 1990 Jesse Owens, possibly the greatest track athlete in history was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President George H.W. Bush. In the 1936 Berlin […]
Sports Illustrated over the years has had a lot of great covers- but to me the most iconic cover was the one that came out after The Miracle On Ice. […]
