The First Modern Olympic Hero- Spiridon Louis- 1896 Athens-Marathon Champion
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 […]
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Wall Street Journal: London Olympic Projection- USA Ready To Dominate
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? […]
Robert W. Creamer- Author of “Babe: The Legend Comes To Life” Dead at 90
Robert W. Creamer who was one of the first people hired at Sports Illustrated and was a senior editor and writer at SI until the mid-80’s -had died at age 90. He […]
1908 Olympic London Games- White City Stadium
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 […]
2012 London Olympic Games
In a little more than a week, London will become the first city to host the Summer Games for the third time. Previously London has hosted the games in 1908 […]
Panathinaiko Stadium-Athens, Greece- 1896 The First modern Olympic Games
The London games are just a week away. How the Olympic Games have changed over its history. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896 […]
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