Category: Olympics
July 4, 2016 /

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide…

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August 1, 2014 /

Summer in Los Angeles—with movies stars, swimmers, gangsters, and Liberace…

June 27, 2013 /

BUSTER CRABBE BEFORE FLASH GORDON – WINNING THE 400 M FREESTYLE AT THE ’32 OLYMPICS

June 27, 2013 /

JOHNNY WEISSMULLER BEFORE TARZAN – SWIMMING CHAMPION 1928

January 12, 2013 /

1931 – THESE WERE THE FASTEST HUMANS

Coached by Dean Cromwell of USC – who came up with the flying finish… Charley Paddock (center) and Frank Wykoff (far right) cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Paddock won gold in the 1920 Olympics, in 1924 (in the film “Chariots of Fire” as portrayed by Dennis…

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January 12, 2013 /

TRACK AND FIELD AT THE USC COLISEUM – 1932-1964

Athletes in motion at the Coliseum: 1932 an unidentified high jumper at the Olympics 1956, Photographer Art Warden, Charlie Dumas clears a seven foot jump 1964, Hal Connelly

December 25, 2012 /

SUNRISE OVER THE MOVIE COLONY

No worries, no responsibilities, no deadlines, no appointments, no meetings, no agenda, no obligations, and I think I can handle it for just about a week… Christmas week. How about you? Wishing you a New Year of civility, accomplishment, profound good humor, and love.