The Olympic Games
>>Jean Akre: The last time I touched a soccer ball, it was in 2003. The cleats were in storage until today. I grew up in the ’60s, idolizing Pelé, if you know Pelé, the king of football. That’s the guy that I want to be like. In my generation, soccer was not something that you […]
People seem to love stuff like bungee jumping and sky-diving. But what draws us to these scary life-threatening experiences? Why do we want to jump off of stuff? On May 16, 2015, Dean Potter, a celebrated extreme sportsman, and a fellow climber, Graham Hunt; jumped off a 7,500 foot (2,285m) cliff in Yosemite National Park […]
OLYMPICS OLYMPICS OLYMPICS OLYMPICS. Everybody’s talking about it. Or maybe I’m just talking about it a lot lately, but what about those medals guys? Are they real gold or what? [Music] Hey guys, Trace here for DNews! Have you ever seen photos of people biting their olympic medal? As if placing a piece of metal […]
O show da Luny e da Milky “O nadador salvador da chama olímpica” Está um lindo dia, e a Luny e a Milky estão a jogar à bola. Mas elas nem poderiam sonhar com a novidade estavam para receber. Meninas… …tenho bilhetes grátis… …para vocês poderem ir aos Jogos Olímpicos com o papá amanhã! Yupi!! […]
ROB: MAJOR AIRPORT. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. AFTER KNEELING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE PAN AM GAMES. JILLIAN: ONE VETERAN HAS A MESSAGE FOR ANY ATHLETE WHO DISRESPECTS THE FLAG. ROB: JOY JONES JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THANKS FOR COMING BACK TO THE SHOW. A COUPLE GUYS PROTESTS, WHAT WAS YOUR […]
>>He needs surgery in the next 10 days.>>Woman: Felt a shooting pain in my knee.>>Woman: Oh, I don’t know what I did, but I did something. I stepped off to the side again and it buckled.>>Woman: The plan is to get you to run again, the plan is to get you back to where you […]
(watch alarm beeping) Oh, my God! Oh my God, oh my God, it’s starting! (TV announcer) Good morning to whoever is crazy enough to watch sports at 3:00 a.m. Today’s women’s weightlifting finals will make or break dreams of Olympic gold. Oh, there she is! Go, Bethany! You’re a winner just by being here, girl. […]
Your heart races and your cheeks begin to flush; as you anticipate the surge of energy this win will bring, you move to the edge of your seat – you can’t get enough! So why are we so passionately involved or obsessed with sports? Hormones control the way we feel and are stimulated by every […]
So, the CVA had a massive impact on my student experience. It opened my eyes to a potential It opened my eyes to a potential career path. Before I came to university, I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do. I got involved with the event management strand within the Coaching & Volunteering Academy […]
I’m John Leyden, I’m the Academy Strength and conditioning coordinator here at Geelong Football Club I’m directly responsible for our Academy strength and conditioning. So our first two third year players. On a day-to-day basis, it’s implementing their training programs, so their football and their conditioning loads and then also what they’re doing in the […]
