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For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another.
Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race.

Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of global politics. Berlin, on the verge of World War II, was bristling with Nazism, red-and-black swastikas flying everywhere. Brown-shirted Storm Troopers goose-stepped while Adolf Hitler postured, harangued, threatened. A montage of evil was played over the chillingly familiar Nazi anthem: "Deutschland Uber Alles."

This was the background for the 1936 Olympics. When Owens finished competing, the African-American son of a sharecropper and the grandson of slaves had single-handedly crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.

He gave four virtuoso performances, winning gold medals in the 100- and 200- meter dashes, the long jump and on America's 4x100 relay team. Score it: Owens 4, Hitler 0.

A remarkably even-keeled and magnanimous human being, Owens never rubbed it in. Just as sure as he knew fascism was evil, he also knew his country had a ways to go too in improving life for African-Americans.

"When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus," Owens said. "I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either."


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Anyone got a tip or two on the outcome of this game played in about 15 minutes from the placing of this blog?



Have a great weekend regardless.

Half time score: 10 - 3

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This is HUGE news! Love it, can't wait!

Another shake-up in college athletics could see UCLA and USC join the Big Ten as early as 2024, according to multiple reports.

The Pac-12 teams are in talks to leave the conference in time for the 2024 season, with an official announcement expected to come sometime in the next 24 hours, ESPN reported, citing sources.

Like there really should be any debate on which two are better than the other. Lets face it, Michael Jordan wins hands down. LeBron James is more of a "poor mans" Jordan.

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I can't believe a player on my favorite team the Cincinnati Reds missed a 44mph pitch from an infielder while batting.

Wow, it was a bit off a shocker when I heard this sad new this morning. He had just signed with Pittsburgh about two weeks ago.

On Saturday morning I attended a Heli-Smack-Fest in South Miami.
It was a 3-day multi-fest that included competition, sport flying and exhibition stunt flying where some of the best pilots were in attendance.

All of the top flyers were sponsored by hobby manufacturers so you can see groups of them in team shirts and hats advertising the products they fly.

I got up close (30 feet) to one guy's flight. He is regarded the best in the world and many of his maneuvers were so fast I couldn't figure them out as his helicopter flew by at over 90 miles per hour!

I rated him as the 'Eddie Van Halen of Helicopters'



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For fun, give your opinion on who the winner and score will be. I say Bengals 28-16!