Now that we’ve had a few days to reflect on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it’s time to throw out some kudos to the Team USA men’s basketball team. Winning the Gold Medal was not easy. This past Sunday, the United States had to scrap and claw for four quarters before finally prevailing over Spain in [...]

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For the last two days, I’ve been listing some of my favorite lifetime memories from Summer Olympic Games. Here’s the third and final installment of some of the many memories created by the athletes of the Summer Games.
 
1976 MEN’S BASKETBALL – The United States was still stinging from an upset loss in the Olympic Games [...]

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Everyone has memories of watching the Olympics. Some of those moments are etched into our minds forever. Yesterday, I shared some from the 1960’s. Here are a few more:
 
1968 TRACK AND FIELD – An American athlete named Dick Fosbury changed the sport of high jumping forever. Rather than facing the bar and jumping forward over [...]

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Most sports fans enjoy the wall to wall coverage of the Summer Olympics. It only happens once every four years.  So, it’s always special to see Olympic moments and Olympic history. The 2008 games have provided plenty of history that fans will remember for a lifetime with the eight gold medal winning performance of swimmer [...]

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The star of the 2008 Olympic Games for the United States has clearly been swimmer Michael Phelps. Phelps has dominated NBC television’s coverage of the games. He’s on the cover of every newspaper and magazine, and he’s has been an incredible story.
    
In case you’ve have been in a cave for a week, Phelps has [...]

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