Most Uninspiring Olympic Moments
Friday August 15, 2008
Categories: Sports, Television
As I'm staying up late and watching coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the spirit of the Games has once again taken hold over me: America's Jason Lezak chasing down France's Alain Bernard in the final leg of the...
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One of the most uninspiring moments has to be Lindsey Jacobellis showing off and crashing right at the end of the snowboard downhill, costing her the gold.
And of course, you're going to write a follow-up list of the most inspiring moments, right? It would have been interesting to compare the two lists.
Uninspiring moments? How about the murder of Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972?
Somewhat surprised this wasn't memntioned.
How about the Cuban taekwondoist who kicked his referee after being disqualified for taking too much time for a medical stop in the match? Compounded by his and his coach's refusal to apologize for the misconduct and unsportsmanlike behavior. Banned for life? You bet!
And how about Hitler refusing to shake Jesse Owens hand at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
"And how about Hitler refusing to shake Jesse Owens hand at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?"
That was a good thing for Jesse Owens.
i can't see the print very well on the dark blue back round.
To Susan Crittenden... you can't seen the print very well on the dark blue background of what?
the page was very hard to read with black on blue. A lighter blue would have been fine.
I wanted to finish the article, but instead am typing this after never having commented to anything online.
I am sure whatever is there is interesting and worthwhile, but I'll pass, thank you.
Dear members,
Sometimes you have to refresh the page or open in a new window. The blog is actually black on a white background. Sometimes it shows dark blue for me. Not sure why.
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