Here is a taste of Bruce Berglund‘s fascinating piece at The Washington Post: The 1980 Lake Placid games changed everything. In the lead-up to the Games, the preview issue of Sports Illustrated had a vastly different look, starting with the...
Olympics
How did the 2022 Winter Olympics end up in Beijing?
Those who listen to The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast know historian Bruce Berglund. He last appeared on the show in February 2021 to talk about his new book on global hockey. You can listen to that interview here....
Should we blame NBC for Simone Biles’s withdrawal from competition?
Richard Zoglin makes a compelling argument in a recent op-ed at The Washington Post. Here is a taste: Is NBC to blame for Simone Biles’s Olympic withdrawal? I am overstating the case, of course. But to understand Biles’s decision to...
An evangelical anti-vaxxer in the Olympic pool
His name is Michael Andrew and he ran out of gas on the last leg of yesterday’s final in the 200 meter individual medley. Watch: Rowdy Gaines said it all: “He’s done.” Out of the pool, Michael Andrew is a...
They are coming:
July 23 to August 8, 2021. Tokyo...
Episode 82: The Fastest Game in the World
Ice hockey is now a global sport. Even Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica, and Australia have national teams. The National Hockey League has teams in Miami, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Nashville, and Phoenix. Junior league hockey is played in Shreveport and Amarillo. Anyone...
Leon Spinks, RIP
I will never forget watching Leon drop the Cuban, Sixto Soria, in the light-heavyweight gold medal bout at the 1976 Olympics. RIP, Leon....