This is news to me. Atlas Obscura has it covered. Here is a taste: FOR ALL THE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION that the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are bringing to the Korean Peninsula’s fractious history, tense present, and uncertain future, there will...
To commemorate the last couple of days of the Olympics in Rio: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFJ7AazmrcQ&w=560&h=315] Or maybe I should have gone with this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA&w=420&h=315] ...
This came across my feed today. Grenada has one 1 medal at the 2016 Games, but they only have 106,825 people. This makes them the most successful nation per capita at the Rio Olympics. They are followed by Bahamas,...
A person with character exemplifies constraint and self-control. How one behaves on a big stage says a lot about a person. Whether it’s Donald Trump, U.S. Olympic soccer goalie Hope Solo, or African-American swimmer Simone Manuel, character matters. Women’s soccer,...
A lot of great things happened last night in the Olympic swimming pool. I got pretty excited about it: Good to see #MichaelPhelps is human. OK, no it’s not. #Rio2016 #swimming @MichaelPhelps — John Fea (@JohnFea1) August 13, 2016 Anthony...
I was thrilled to learn that Katie Ledecky is a Bruce Springsteen fan! See her interview with Bob Costas here. I am hoping that the Boss will invite her to one of his upcoming stadium tours! Ledecky told Costas that...
This is how American religious historian Thomas Tweed describes “Christ the Redeemer,” the statue of Jesus that looks down over Rio. Tweed’s reference to the statue as Brazil’s “Statue of Liberty” is from Michelle Boorstein’s recent Washington Post piece, “The Many Meanings...
Don't tell me representation doesn't matter. After #SimoneManuel won, this little girl said, "I got next." #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/2BmVp8JNoA — TyreeBP (@TyreeBP) August 12, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js...
With her stunning and surprise co-victory in the 100 freestyle last night (take THAT, Australia!) Simone Manuel became the first African-American female swimmer to win an individual Olympic gold medal. After watching Manuel swim my mind eventually went back to...
How did Rio get the Olympics? #securityissues #zica #bacteriainwater #unfinishedvillage — John Fea (@JohnFea1) August 2, 2016 After I posted this tweet I was quietly rebuked by one of my twitter followers. Amy Jade, a history student studying nineteenth-century Brazil,...
