Timmersomethings Blog Of Random Stuff

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE QUOTE: "The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours." HINT: (1948-), American figure skater. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion (1966-1968). RANDOM TIDBITS With the 2012 Summer Olympics, London will become the first city to ever host a modern Olympics three times. In addition to that record, London also has the honor of being the first city to host the Paralympics, which took place in 1948 for wounded war veterans. The 1936 Berlin Olympics (also known as the 'Nazi' Olympics) were the first Olympic Games to ever be televised. Before the advent of television, sports fans had to make due with radio commentary, and before radios were ubiquitous, you could only read about the results of the events in the newspaper. In the past, the modern games were only canceled three times, always on account of war. The 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin were...

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE QUOTE: "Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad." HINT: (1882-1956), English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. RANDOM TIDBITS Golf club names rarely used in the game today include baffy (a four wood), brassie (a two wood), cleek (a two iron), mashie (a five iron), niblick (an eight iron), and spoon (a three wood). Jack Nicklaus's nickname, "The Golden Bear," has nothing to do with his blonde hair and stocky build. He earned it while playing golf in high school for the Upper Arlington (Ohio) Golden Bears. Before good-quality synthetic materials were developed, the "carpet" at miniature golf courses was typically made from green-dyed felt made from goat hair. In most of the world, scoring a two on a par-five hole is called an albatross; in the United States, it's known as a double eagle. Althea Gibs...

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE QUOTE: "I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time." HINT: (1895-1982), considered the founder of psycho-analytic child psychology. RANDOM TIDBITS The 'huddle' in football was formed due to a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him. The first triple jump in figure skating competition was performed by Dick Button in 1952. The high jump method of jumping head first and landing on the back is called the Fosbury Flop. The Olympic Games were held in St. Louis, MO. In 1904, the first time that the games were held in the United States. The first Soccer World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and attracted 13 competing countries. Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out to invent a game to occupy students between the football and ba...