More newspaper fun: “I don’t want the Olympics to be run by a bunch of old men.” —Lord Killanin, defending the International Olympic Committee’s mandatory returement age of 72. Killanin is 61. The Ithaca Journal publishing the AP’s Quotes of the Week in 1976 #sporthistory 🗃️
Glad to see this but it is far past time! #sporthistory#history#BlackHistorysports.yahoo.com/negro-league...
The move comes more than three years after Major League Baseball announced it would be elevating the Negro Leagues to major-league status.
Breaking Away & American Flyers introduced cycling to the American mainstream in the 1980s every bit as much as the successes of LeMond, Hampsten, Phinney, et al. What U.S. cyclist hasn't envisioned themself drafting a Cinzano semi? 😁 #cyclinghistory#sporthistory
“This film is about humanity,” Christopher said. “I don’t see movies anymore that are just centered on people, and the so-called small problems that we all have.”
Today I had the pleasure of delivering a guest lecture in another course at Queen’s on the history of Indigenous sport and warfare in the 16th-17th centuries. Martial virtue is a thoroughly underrated subject. Plus it is so essential for decolonization. #SportHistory
A wonderful image of new bicycle stock stacked along the curb, 1902. #cycling#cycinghistory#sporthistory#historyhennepinhistory.org/frederick-ro...
January 4, 2023 1902 Frederick Roach bike shop at 519 Hennepin Ave. From Hennepin History Museum photo collection. Did you get one of these for Christmas? Perhaps you found a horse under your tr...
I really appreciate this image. It provides a sense of scale that is often lacking in similar images. #cyclinghistory#history#cycling#sporthistory Vél d'Hiv, 11/4/26, [cycling race of the] Six days: [press photography] / [Rol Agency] - Peter Dressen for the image.
