ME TOO!! My son is 54 years old and still playing Hockey in the local league in Durango, I bought a new color T.V. just to watch the Olympics with my Family my kids loved it. U.S.A. !!!!! Rio7
I went back 5 pages from the front and didn't see anything.
Knowing there are so many here who violate the Official Campfire Boycott List and watch that dang football stuff, I just figured no one was interested in HOCKEY yet today.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
I was 20 and it was pretty darn cool to see our amateurs beat their professionals.
There was a time when USA athletes in World Cup and Olympics were still pure amateurs as was the rule back in those days. But the European competitors had been hiding out of sight of governing sports entities and sending forth semi-pro and handsomely paid heroes to compete in these events without the same scrutiny that USA athletes had to undergo. So at the time, the hockey victory was a grand achievement. But we all know that in today's world, "amateur" is a designation in competition that denotes a level of skill and proficiency just shy of full blown pro. They get a lot of perks!
Originally Posted by Dons99
I was 20 and it was pretty darn cool to see our amateurs beat their professionals.
I have an idea. At this year's Olympics, if an American wins an event, instead of showing their actual medal ceremony, they should just run a clip of the 1980 USA hockey team during their medal ceremony.
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A whole bunch if them knew nothing about it, and would have been glad to keep it that way.
It wasn't a big deal. I know no one whose life was changed in any way by it.
Folks really need to find perspective
sports.
If the US has won figure skating no one would care.
If they had beaten the whole USSR in math or science competitions, no one would have noticed.
Get your head out of the sand , different strokes for different folks . the people who were involved thrived on it people who dont do sports not so much,, let each person glean what they can out of any incedent ,or peace or piece of life.
Norm
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden . If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
