RIP Gergely Kulcsár

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Found a picture of McDaniel's winning jump in 1956 in the USOC Report - here it is - not sure if this is a straddle or a Western Roll

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So what did Mildred McDaniel use? I don't know. And what about Miroslava Rezkova in 1968? If she was a straddler, then she and Ackermann would be the...

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Great question for a trivia list - here is such a list - 7 athletes who did 8 times, led by Merlene Ottey who did it in 2 events, and one time won 4 individual...

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Sorry - died today - 12 August 2020

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4-time Olympian, 3 time medalist in the javelin throw - silver in 1964, bronzes in 1960 and 1968. Bronzes at 1958 and 1966 European Championships. Carried...

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I don't know of any - unless you're talking about Paige Spiranac (now everyone will go look her up)...

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Garry - the board guidelines say no politics or religion - good taste is not mentioned as a requirement

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Just got a tweet that Chris Harmse won 23 consecutive South African hammer throw titles (1996-2018, I think) - this might be the record

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My 8th grade history teacher, Miss Albisetti, used to always teach us, "You take what you know, apply it to what you don't know, and pretty soon,...

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I saw that last quote in the article. If you get myocarditis, you have symptoms....

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And who can forget Inside Sports - although maybe we should.

Liked Glen, loved Sport Magazine back in the day

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Fun to watch a real sporting event again that means something...

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I asked Tim Layden that question, who writes about horse racing a lot, and he said he thought the trainers felt the horses weren't ready yet for 1 1/2...

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Guarantee TV would show it...

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Saw a quote the other day that at one of the SEC meetings one of the coaches said it was time "to get out there and start swapping spit." And...

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Interesting chart in today's Wall Street Journal about why it may not be unsafe to open schools: ...

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Unfortunately for Dabo, he's in a conference with a number of quality academic schools (Duke, Wake, Georgia Tech, UNC, UVa, Notre Dame [not usually football],...

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Or to Dabo. Health of the players mean nothing to coaches of that ilk (Dabo and SEC coaches) - they are just gladiators to them, using them to make sure...

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And that estimate is low - I've seen as high as 1.5 million in the USA. And world-wide estimates vary from 25-50 million. World population then just under...

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Got asked this on twitter. Apostolos Parellis just won his 14th consecutive national title in the discus in Cyprus. Anybody know of a longer streak in...