“The Wave” originally started from a professional cheerleader named “Krazy” Henderson, caught on video. Henderson claims he had to go section by section of the stadium to explain what they needed to do. The Mexican Wave Fans can feel it coming at sports events all over the world. The crowd is electrified. At this very […]
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The Soviet Union earned the nickname Big Red Sports Machine during their glory days. The nation experienced its collapse in 1991. Sports Science was nationally funded, with the aim of Soviet athletes to excel in all Olympics sports. Even though it has not existed for the past 30 years, the Soviet Union still maintains the
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The Now-Retired Basketball player Yao Ming has earned his position in the NBA Hall of Fame because of his excellent agility and skill in basketball. Being the first foreign rookie picked as the 1st draft pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, the world had no idea that they would be introduced to the Houston Rockets’
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Betty Robinson’s bizarre story is the epitome of the human spirit. Despite significant injuries, Robinson still proceeded to make her mark in the books of Olympic history. The first woman 100m gold medalist was believed dead in a plane crash. She was in and out of consciousness after the undertaker declared her alive. She was
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Let’s admit it. There are times we get excited when we see things we love or enjoy. But can you imagine a hall of fame pitcher getting so giddy about pups? American baseball player Rube Waddell was so fond of puppies that the opposing team’s fans would bring their dogs to the game to distract
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It takes a lot of training and effort to be part of the Olympics. The mere fact that you have been chosen to represent your country in such a prestigious sporting event is, in itself, a huge accomplishment. What is impressive are the stories that show the true Olympic spirit. Here is exactly where Abdul
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Simone Biles, the golden girl of Team USA, pulled out of the 2021 Olympics this week. This brings us back to the story of Elena Mukhina, the gymnast who was not given a chance to say “no” like Biles. What’s her story? Elena Mukhina was a Soviet gymnastics star until her unfortunate accident in 1979.
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Olympic swimming is notorious for awarding ties. However, for the first time in history, in the 2016 Rio Olympics, three Olympians were awarded silver medals. Pools were not designed to the millimeter tolerances required to measure thousandths of a second. As a result, Olympic swimming is timed only in hundredths of a second. This method
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The very design of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals represents hard work and ingenuity. The concept of the design explains the process of how rough stones are polished to achieve their luster. The same goes with how athletes need to strive for victory every single day to achieve the glory that they aspire. But what
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During the second World War, there were hundreds of displaced Polish children who were brought to Soviet orphanages. This happened during the time Germany invaded Poland in 1939. In 1942 Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja the Maharaja of Nawanager established the Polish Children’s Camp for the refugee children of Poland to save them from the harsh conditions
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