Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

They swept the medals — for Spain, Portugal and Italy.

 

My God that was a great 4x400 relay.

 

This is a Secretariat Level beating

 

You just beat me to it. If you weren't alive in 1973, THIS is what the Belmont was like.

"They're running like a tremendous machine!"

 

USA goes Secretariat in the women's 4x4.

OOOOOOOPS

pretty much anyone who was alive to see it would say the same thing.

Virtually every sports board on the internets has a half-dozen "Secretariat" posts following that race.

 

I’d put money on Sydney being SI Sportsperson of the Year

 

I've gone 65 years without hearing the Keynan national anthem. Now I've heard it twice in two hours.

 

They better make sure it isn't close so the officiating can't be a factor

 

The mandatory full throttle fucking of the USA by the refs is on.

 

The foul on Holliday was… something.

 

STEPH

 

That last shot needed a passport