Went down to the mall and they had the latest Sports Illustrated with their Olympic preview-with predictions on who will win the medals in every events. SI has the […]

  The Above picture- the 1896 Olympic Marathon-believe it or not…. A summary of Athens 1896. There were only 311 athletes participating from 13 countries. The athletic competition was considered […]

As they were planning the 1896 Athens games, Michel Breal, a French linguist and historian came up with the idea of a long distance race. He even offered to come […]

  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577522680312628266.html?grcc=0e6f1fe4915edfdc201bdca4791740b4Z3ZhpgeZ0Z5Z6Z2Z2&mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_sports&grcc2=932ed94f2a5461d4eae10b5d00982485%7E1342741181788%7E18f3b45caef80572d421f68a979bd6dc%7E3b976f4e-35e1-4ceb-97ea-d57af94002eb%7E1342741167168%7E3%7E2%7E0%7E0%7E0%7E5%7E6%7E2%7E0%7E2%7E   I will file away these predictions and see how the Wall Street Journal does on their Olympic projections. What does the Wall Street Journal know about sports? […]

White City Stadium was at the time considered the cutting edge of stadiums. To me its shape looks like a long hockey rink. They used the stadium until 1984 and […]