RIP Dennis Johnson

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And Bill Hoyt was William Welles Hoyt - I thought for a long time he want by Welles rather than Bill - still not positive on the preferred name

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1896 and 1964 works 196 is in both years and 8 is double 4 so

Bill Hoyt (birthday boy) and Bob Hayes

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And just a teaching point from Jay's post - many times people will come in with "hip pain" and think they have arthritis. Hip arthritis pain...

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Although that is the old wive's tale, I think the exact cause of side stitches is not well understood.

As to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, not...

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The complications of corticosteroids are myriad. They definitely keep you awake. Two years I had a terrible clogged ear that would no go away after a...

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Cortisone is one of my many different corticosteroids - dexamethasone, triamcinolone, predinsone being others commonly used. They are not pain killers...

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I remember he had a great line on Johnny Carson about it. Johnny asked him about free throw shooting, and he said he had even gone to a psychiatrist about...

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Here's a good picture of a runner's high - this was me back in the 1980s doing the last leg of a triathlon. Don't I look happy?

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That's not quite correct. We routinely give corticosteroid shots in the shoulder with a local anaesthetic "chaser" (usually bupivacaine / Marcaine),...

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Because our house in New Hampshire is about 5 miles from that school and I've been in it and seen a plaque to Ashworth there.

The other sorta...

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Holderness School, Holderness, NH.

Name another Olympic gold medal winner (not T&F) who also went to Holderness School

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These salaries for universities are, in many cases, just loss leaders, even Coach K at Duke. They are on ESPN all the time, with Dick Vitale raving about...

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As a dog lover, this is about as accurate as it gets - they will always be there for you - https://twitter.com/dog_feelings/sta...43798287389901...

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Has not been awarded to Kynard yet, although it likely will. IAAF changes the results, but the IOC changes the medals, and they take a long time to make...

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Adhesive tape over the top of the mask and onto the bridge of your nose and each adjacent side is what we used in surgery to prevent that. You can also...

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From USA point of view, that has to be either Billy Mills or Lindy Remigino...

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DOD = 26 April 2021 - we have no POD yet

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Maybe not worst but always thought Volker Beck in 1980 was the most under-valued gold medal since Moses would have been ahead of him by about a full hurdle...

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Two Olympians have become governors - Wendell Anderson played ice hockey in 1956 and in the early 70s was Minnesota governor, and then a senator. Judy...

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Dennis Johnson - 1960/64 Jamaican / West Indies Federation sprinter - 4th in 1964 4x100
D 22 April 2021