Favorite Summer Olympic Games of your lifetime?
I will go with Barcelona 1992.
Regardless of whether the archer missed the cauldron, the flaming arrow to light the torch was fookin brilliant.
Loved the Spanish hotties who delivered the medals to the podium.
Summer Sanders/Janet Evans
The fookin Dream Team, placing the planet on notice forever that we the nation of ballers. And second place ain’t close.
And of course, the Mens 4x100 relay, anchored by Carl Lewis, executing the perfect relay, laying waste to the field and setting a world record.
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Mexico 1968. Beamon's mind blowing jump, Fosbury's Flop, Hines cracking 10 sec barrier in the 100
Oh... and the Tommie Smith/ John Carlos black power salute.
‘76, then’92, then ‘84
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84 Summer Olympics. Seemed like we won everything.
And no Soviet Union. We won so much McDonald's lost their ass giving away all the free food from their Olympic promotional game.
76, Jenner and Boxing Team.
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Michael and Leon Spinks, Sugar Ray Leonard, Howard Davis and Leo Randolph.
Not too shabby.
1972. Mark Spitz: 7 Gold medals all in record time and Olga Korbut.
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A great call, Shadow.
I was a tad young to embrace Mexico City, but was all in on Munich.
The basketball fix, and the terrorism tainted the Games somewhat, but Spitz and Olga were superhuman indeed.
I’d forgotten the basketball controversy—that was before ESPN to reply the ending hundreds of times.
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Side question, what are your thoughts on our fastest woman eliminated for cannabis?
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Unforced error.
Love that girl. She knew the rules, as chickenshit as those rules may be.
I wish the US Olympic Committee was more like the SEC, and imposed the “harsh” penalty of making Baby Love sit out the Opening Ceremonies.
Can I pick 2020?
A weird question, I remember individual performances, but the "games" it was a part of don't stand out.
I have enjoyed all of them. I love the Olympics generally. Is Bob Costas doing this one?