After posting over 5,300 videos here at ImaSportsphile…..we consider ourselves “the creme de la cream” when it comes to rare pieces of video…..so, when we say that a video is a true treasure…..it is a rare treasure!!…..which is what you got in this video seen herewith….for this Not Necessarily The News piece is beyond classic…..cuz in 1 minute, it…
As a baseball field, Candlestick Park…..the home of MLB’s San Francisco Giants….was infamous for the windy conditions, damp air and dew from fog, and chilly temperatures….as the wind often made it difficult for outfielders trying to catch fly balls….as well as for fans….while the damp grass further complicated play for outfielders who had to play in…
Daley Thompson is an English former decathlete…..who won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 and in Los Angeles in 1984…..while breaking the world record for the event on four different occasions…..and with four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of…
Valerie Brisco-Hooks was an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….where she became only the 2nd American woman, after Wilma Rudolph, to win three gold medals in track….and becoming the first Olympian (female or male) to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics. Our Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, was at…
“Aegukga“ (“Love Country Song”), often translated as “The Patriotic Song“, is the national anthem of South Korea….which was adopted in 1948….when the country was founded….as its music was composed in the 1930’s….with its lyrics dating back to the 1890’s. The lyrics of “Aegukga” were originally set to the music of the Scottish song “Auld Lang Syne” before Ahn Eak-tai composed a…
“Hey, Slavs“ is a patriotic song dedicated to the Slavic peoples ….which was used as the national anthem of various countries during the 20th century….as its lyrics were first written in 1834 under the title “Hey, Slovaks“ (“Hej, Slováci”) by Samuel Tomášik….and it has since served as the ethnic anthem of the Pan-Slavic movement….organizational anthem of the Sokol physical education and political movement….and…