tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post109278008762486231..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: The wind in Athens isn't always from Mother NatureMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1093135401814911092004-08-21T20:43:00.000-04:002004-08-21T20:43:00.000-04:00Asking a friend in Australia, what's been of inter...Asking a friend in Australia, what's been of interest to him from his perspctive and he reported: <br /><br />The American Media got so <br />peeved at one stage that they lodged an official complaint against the <br />Aussie reporters for cheering too loudly :^)<br />Bad sports!Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1093053523676625732004-08-20T21:58:00.000-04:002004-08-20T21:58:00.000-04:00The bad news from SI continues.
Greek Olympic tea...The bad news from SI continues. <br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2004%2Folympics%2F2004%2F08%2F20%2Fbc.eu.spt.oly.athens.kenteris.ap%2Findex.html">Greek Olympic team leader offers resignation and authorities search his warehouse.</A><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2004%2Folympics%2F2004%2Fsync_swimming%2F08%2F20%2Fbc.oly.swimmer.manslaughter.ap%2Findex.html">Synchronized swimming's Tammy Crow to serve 90-day sentence after Athens from an auto accident ruling.</A>Worse, however, seems to be the digging on the Bush TV ad that links to the Olympics and the delegations from Iraq and Afganastan. Do you see the political ad? What did you think? Did you see the athletes' reactions? Your reaction is ....?Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1092793310304877482004-08-17T21:41:00.000-04:002004-08-17T21:41:00.000-04:00Sports Illustrated is getting so negative that it ...Sports Illustrated is getting so negative that it now is going to dig for Olympic dirt out of the past. This article was just released:<br /><br /><I>PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Athletic success came early and often for Robert Howard, perhaps too soon, says a former coach of the two-time Olympic athlete, who police say jumped to his death after allegedly stabbing his neurosurgeon wife to death.<br /><br />"I think it's so difficult to make it so young," said Kevin Jackson, who helped coach the former Rhode Island track star. "Early success sometimes is not a blessing."<br /><br /> Family and friends were shocked by the news Howard took his life at the age of 28 and is suspected in his wife's death. He was in his third year in medical school at the University of Arkansas.</I>I'm not making this up! <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2004%2Folympics%2F2004%2F08%2F17%2Fschool.deaths.ap%2Findex.html">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/08/17/school.deaths.ap/index.html</A>Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1092792971868201152004-08-17T21:36:00.000-04:002004-08-17T21:36:00.000-04:00Another stinker from S.I. (Sports Illustrated)
Ch...Another stinker from S.I. (Sports Illustrated)<br /><br />Chastain little more than figurehead for U.S. team in Athens<br />08/17/04 06:26 PM, EDT<br /><br />She's a women's sports touchstone, a proud champion and perhaps a future U.S. national soccer team coach. -- but little more than figurehead.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1092792377636502292004-08-17T21:26:00.000-04:002004-08-17T21:26:00.000-04:00QUOTE: "Americans settled for silver Tuesday night...QUOTE: "Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, ..." (as per minor miscues for US women to take silver behind Romania in gymnastics). <br /><br />Meanwhile, NBC on US Women's Gymnastics: "Six American women as diversified as they are unified."<br /><br />"How hard they worked to become a team for tonight."Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com