The Agony of Defeat: GenX & Sports

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Sn 3 Ep 2

Remember playing sports as a kid, with terrible equipment, unexplainable injuries and fields littered with gopher holes? We definitely do!

Cheer us on from the sidelines as Eve, Chris, Courtney and Lori share both our athletic triumphs and defeats along with memorable sporting events and mishaps (Nancy Kerrigan anyone?). Plus thoughts on the 2020/2021 Olympics, obsolete sports we’d like to see again (can you say Skijoring) and so much more.

Grab one of those useless helmets and drive on in.

P.S. Episode name comes from ABC sportscaster Jim McKay’s quote: “Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is "ABC's Wide World of Sports!"

Episode links

• About the Wide World of Sports “agony of defeat” guy

• Philadelphia Eagles fans climbing greased poles

• Totem Tennis (what smacked Courtney in the head)

• Water and orange slices

• 1984 Olympics

• Tour de France

• Mark Cavendish

• 1985 Chicago Bears

• Michael Jordan: The Last Dance movie

• Cubs Win the World Series

• Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding: live footage

• Tonya Harding

• Scott Hamilton

• I, Tonya (movie)

• Pete Rose Gets Booted from Baseball

• Rocky Statue Story in Philly

• Veterans Stadium

• Baseball is boring

• ABC Wide World of Sports

• Evel Knieval

• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel

• Ice barrel jumping

• Stone Skipping

• Young Bull Riders

• IOC rules on weed

• IOC Rule 50 revised

• 2020 Olympics Mascot

• Golden Slam

• Skijoring

• Skijoring Is Winter’s Wildest Sport. Here’s How to Do It