This summer, in London, will see the start of the Games of the 30th Olympiad. When the Opening Ceremonies begin, the question that viewers will be asking is, “Who will light the Olympic Cauldron?” While spectators from around the world will have to wait until late July for the answer to that question, I will ...
Origins… Felix “Tito” Trinidad, is, like Miguel “Angel” Cotto, a Peurta Rican boxer (or former boxer if you’d rather). Tito (as he will mainly be called from here on in for the purpose of the review), was born Flix Juan Trinidad Garca (otherwise known as Felix Trinidad Jnr) and was born on the 10th of ...
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was one of the historic events forming the background of world affairs in the 1980s. Taking place prior to the Soviet thaw under Gorbachev, it was boycotted by the Communist bloc in retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games. Set in the center of the Reagan Years ...
When I was training hard in an effort to go to the 1984 Olympics, my total cholesterol hovered around the 135 mark with the good stuff, HDL, being in the high zone. I watched my diet but I wasn’t fanatical about it because everything seemed to be working OK in that area of my life. ...