
On this, the last day of 2015, I’d like to thank everyone for their support of my blog – The Olympians. I have posted at least once every day since I started the blog on May 1. Out of about 300 posts, I’ve selected 25 that I personally like, in good part because I’ve had the great fortune to talk with the people mentioned in these stories.
- A Helicopter View of US-USSR Relations, Olympic Style
- American Gymnast Makoto Sakamoto and Memories of Home: Post-War Shinjuku
- Arnold Gordon (Part 1): Befriending Judy Garland at Manos in Shinjuku
- The Banning of Headgear in Boxing: The Convoluted World of Protecting Our Athletes
- Clumsy Handoff, Beautiful Result: A World Record Finish for the American 4X400 Relay Team in Tokyo
- Coach Hank Iba: The Iron Duke of Defense Who Led the Men’s Basketball Team to Gold in 1964
- Creativity by Committee: The 2020 Olympic Emblem and the Rio Olympic Mascots?
- Crowded, Noisy, Dirty, Impersonal: Tokyo in the 1960s
- The Dale McClements’ Diary: From Athlete to Activist
- Doug Rogers, Star of the Short Film “Judoka”: A Fascinating Look at Japan, and the Foreigner Studying Judo in the 1960s
- Escape from East Berlin in October 1964: A Love Story
- Escape from Manchuria: How the Father of an Olympian Left a Legacy Beyond Olympic Proportions
- Fame: Cover Girl and Canadian Figure Skater Sandra Bezic
- Frank Gorman: Harvard Star, Tokyo Olympian, and Now Inductee to the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- The Geesink Eclipse – The Day International Judo Grew Up
- India Beats Pakistan in Field Hockey: After the Partition, the Sporting Equivalent of War
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- On Being Grateful: Bob Schul
- Protesting Via Political Cartoons: Indonesia Boycotts the Tokyo Olympics
- The Sexist Sixties: A Sports Writers Version of “Mad Men” Would Make the Ad Men Blush
- “Swing” – The Danish Coxless Fours Found It, and Gold, in Tokyo
- Toby Gibson: Boxer, Lawyer, Convict
- Vesper Victorious Under Rockets Red Glare – A Dramatic Finish to One of America’s Greatest Rowing Accomplishments
- What it Means to Be an Olympian: Bill Cleary Remembers
- Who is that Bald-Headed Beauty: The Mystery of the Soviet Javelin Champion
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