In depth recounting of my global wandering
I first learned about the 1912 Olympics when I was probably as young as five or six years old. Among my older brother Steve’s favorite movies was a hagiographic biopic starring Burt Lancaster in the title role. That movie was …
From Opening…. For all its success in design and execution, for all the glory of the athletic competition, for all the kindheartedness and generosity of spirit displayed by the Norwegian people, one troubling scene staged a backdrop to these most …
Three for three: Johann Olav Koss is the third speed skater I’ll feature in my Lillehammer tales. Unlike Dan Jansen and Bonnie Blair, Koss skated the longer distances. Having won the gold medal at 1500m and the silver at 10,000 …
Like Dan Jansen, Bonnie Blair made her Olympic debut at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo. Like Jansen, Blair had a respectable finish for a 19 year old when she finished eighth in the 500m sprint. (This was only the second …
In his first Olympic appearance for the United States, Dan Jansen was a few months shy of his 19th birth anniversary when he stepped on the track at the Zetra Ice Rink in Sarajevo on 10 February 1984 to race …