1936 Summer Games – Berlin, Germany
“The sportive, knightly battle awakens the best human characteristics. It doesn’t separate, but unites the combatants in understanding and respect. It also helps to connect the countries in the spirit […]
Category Archives: Olympics
1932 Summer Games – Los Angeles
The Games of Olympiad X faced an uphill struggle most of the way, since the world was mired in the Great Depression. Many nations and athletes simply could not afford […]
1924 Paris Olympic Games- “Chariots Of Fire”- Harold Abrahams
The 1981 film “Chariots Of Fire” told the stories of Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddle and was nominated for seven academy awards-and won for best picture. Like all the […]
1928 Summer Games – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Having bid for the previous two Olympic Summer Games losing to war torn Antwerp, and to Paris, Amsterdam was awarded the 1928 Olympics. The only other competing city was Los […]
1924 Paris Olympics -The VIII Olympiad
The 1924 Paris Olympics were the last to be organized under the leadership of Pierre de Coubertin the father of the modern Olympic Games. This would be the second […]
The Greatest U.S. Olympians Ever– {As Usual ESPN Gets It Wrong}
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/story/_/page/GreatestAthlete3/2012-olympics-summer-greats-look-best-olympians ESPN has a story on the 30 greatest American Olympians. Their top 30 are 1-Michael Phelps 2.Jesse Owens 3-Carl Lewis 4-Mark Spitz 5-Michael Johnson 6-Wilma Rudolph 7-Jim […]
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