RIP Rink Babka

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For the Olympics, I guarantee they will not be seeing only the same feed as the TV viewers. As the main broadcasting rights holder (in terms of $) they...

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Federal Republic of Germany is the formal name of the country, but it goes by Germany, and the IOC abbreviation is now GER, not FRG...

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Since this board is all about stats, trivia, and nitpicking, strictly speaking, Agassi was the first man to win the career Grand Slam since Roy Emerson....

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Only T&F Olympian to win 6 medals at a single Olympics (1924 - 4 golds, 2 silvers)...

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Ville Ritola

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There are probably more but we have a list of 60 Olympians (all sports) on Olympedia who have had asteroids named after them - https://www.olympedia....

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And see my post #1272 above that may shut him out of the US Open as well under current regulations...

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From Walt Murphy - Rink Babka has died. We don't have any further details on date or place yet. Pending.

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Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews confirms that Djocovid is banned from entering Australia for 3 years - its on several news websites now...

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I saw that also with him listing Agassi and could not believe he had him on the list. Sampras OK, but he also didn't include Rod Laver - probably doesn't...

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And when Tuariki speaks about immigration policy, especially in ANZAC, we should listen as he is a former Minister of Immigration for New Zealand, and...

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As much as I dislike Novax Djocovid, no idea why Golf Digest is writing about him....

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Story in Sports Illustrated in end of year issue about how he is "very complex." Not disliked by everybody but he has done multiple things to...

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Actually, as of now, our rules are that any foreign national entering the USA has to be vaccinated. Story today in Wall Street Journal how he will have...

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Of course it is...

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Apparently the Aussie government may be able to bypass the 3 year requirement to enter the country after this. Do you think they would do that for him...

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Second that. Rafael Nadal = total class act, as opposed to Novax Djocovid...

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The Olympic sprinter Dean Smith was best known in later life as a Hollywood stuntman. Met him in 1977 at the Byron Nelson Classic in Dallas. He was still...

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I think You, A Desert Island, and your iPod has gone on for a long time - longer than the iPod, any many posters here may not know what an iPod was....

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I got asked about this the other day. Its incredibly premature to say anything about it clinically. The study is a lab study - they studied cannabis on...