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RagAss

(13,832 posts) Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:27 PM Jul 2012

I miss watching the Olympics of my youth. To each his own, I guess.

The US boxers were a prime time event. And who can forget those Soviet weightlifters and waiting for hours to see this guy come out on the main stage.....

I hope the young folks are creating their own memories tonight watching the coverage.
"Every generation sends its heroes up the pop charts"....Paul Simon

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I miss watching the Olympics of my youth. To each his own, I guess. (Original Post) RagAss Jul 2012 OP

Me too. I remember them as simple. More about the athletes dballance Jul 2012 #1

Vasily Alekseyev htuttle Jul 2012 #2

So true.... RagAss Jul 2012 #4

I loved the Olympics until Munich lunatica Jul 2012 #3

dballance

(5,756 posts)

1. Me too. I remember them as simple. More about the athletes

Reply to RagAss (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:36 PM

Jul 2012

And less about fancy openings and gross corporate commercialism.

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

2. Vasily Alekseyev

Reply to RagAss (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:38 PM

Jul 2012

I remember the cold war being played out on the hockey rink and the basketball court.

Plus, Jim McKay. To me, it didn't seem like Olympics for a while after he stopped announcing at them.

RagAss

(13,832 posts)

4. So true....

Reply to htuttle (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:42 PM

Jul 2012

Jim McKay, Howard Cosell and ChrisSchenkel. Those days are gone for good.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

3. I loved the Olympics until Munich

Reply to RagAss (Original post)

Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:41 PM

Jul 2012

I've just never been able to forget that, so the Olympics now seem a little scary to me. Though I still admire the Olympians and I like the idea. But it's marred.

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