SJSU, Olympic History Unfolds From a Sheet
Posted by Off the BASN Wire Courtesy of Mercury News By Jessie Mangaliman on Nov 25, 2006, 21:57

Rick E. Martin / Mercury News

A plaque from an old San Jose State University track record board shows Lee Evans time in the 400 meters in 1968. The plaque is part of an exhibit at SJSU called "Speed City: The Roots and the Legacy."

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Gary Russell, Jr. Making Strides Towards The 2008 Olympics
Posted by Kevin Wilson on Oct 3, 2006, 21:59
September 30 to October 7 is the Olympic Trials at the Police Athletic League Tournament in Oxnard, California.  Gary departed on Friday at 8am from Baltimore Washington International Airport back out west to make another statement.  “  U.S.A. Boxing is extremely pleased with Gary’s talent,” says Julie Goldsticker, director of public relations for U.S.A. Boxing.

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Boycott Beijing
Posted by Courtesy of The Providence Journal By By Jonathan Zimmerman on Mar 24, 2006, 21:57
  According to one well-worn myth, a deflated Hitler refused to shake hands with Owens after the runner had destroyed the Third Reich's pretensions of "Aryan" superiority.

But the truth is almost exactly the opposite. Rather than challenging Nazi racism, the triumphs of Owens and other black athletes let the Germans hide it.

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Para Olympic Games 2006
Posted by Gary Norris Gray on Feb 26, 2006, 21:44
  Our Disabled brothers and sisters around the world apparently are better trained, more disciplined and are much farther ahead of their fellow American disabled athletes. This year the world will see the 2006 Para-Olympic Games. We are all worthy of sports news coverage.

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Davis Does It His Way, and Makes History
Posted by Mike Wise on Feb 19, 2006, 21:59

The win by Shani Davis gives the U.S. men their third consecutive gold medal in the individual events at the Olympic oval. (Max Rossi - Reuters)

  Davis became the first black athlete to capture a Winter Games gold medal in an individual sport. His victory came four years after Vonetta Flowers, the bobsledder from Alabama, made history at the 2002 Salt Lake Games as the first black athlete to win gold.

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